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Type of Article : Case Report

Year: 2015 | Volume 3 | Issue 1 | Page No. 963-965

Date of Publication: 31-03-2015

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.16965/ijar.2015.132

BILATERAL OCCURRENCE OF THE VESTIGIAL MUSCLE PSOAS MINOR: A CASE REPORT

Deepa Somanath *¹, Shivali Srivastava ².

^*1 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Anatomy, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College, Puducherry, India.
² Post Graduate Student, Dept. of Anatomy, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College, Puducherry, India.

Address: Dr. Deepa Somanath, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Anatomy, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College, Madagadipet, Puducherry- 605 107, India.
E-Mail: deepa.somanath@gmail.com

Abstract

Muscles which regress during the process of evolution are called as vestigial muscles. One of them in humans is psoas minor, which sometimes forms a part of the posterior abdominal wall. It is clinically significant in relation to sports medicine and as a differential diagnosis for certain conditions. The following article presents a case report in a 60 year old male cadaver with bilateral psoas minor.
KEY WORDS: Psoas Minor, Vestigial Muscle, Posterior Abdominal Wall, Psoas Minor Syndrome.

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Deepa Somanath, Shivali Srivastava. BILATERAL OCCURRENCE OF THE VESTIGIAL MUSCLE PSOAS MINOR: A CASE REPORT. Int J Anat Res 2015;3(1):963-965. DOI: 10.16965/ijar.2015.132