Bilateral Sternalis Muscle With the Absence of Unilateral Sternocostal Part of the Pectoralis Major and Variation of Pectoralis Minor Muscles. 2023

Devendra Shekhawat, and Dinesh Kumar, and R Shane Tubbs
Anatomy, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, IND.

This study aims to report a 57-year-old male cadaver with a rare muscular variation of the sterno-pectoral region. An unusual sternalis muscle was observed on both sides, arising from the external oblique muscle aponeurosis. The fibers converged upwards and medially in a curved course, producing a bundle 99.50 mm long on the right side and 74.60 mm on the left. The muscles on both sides were supplied by the second, third, and fourth intercostal nerves. In the right pectoralis major (PM) muscle, the sternocostal head was completely absent, and the clavicular head arose from the medial two-thirds of the clavicle, whereas abdominal fibers arose from the aponeurosis of the external abdominal oblique muscle and ran upward and laterally and joined the clavicular fibers with a wide triangular gap. On the left side, there was an anatomically normal PM muscle. The origin of the pectoralis minor was unusually high on both sides. The morphological variations of sterno-pectoral musculature have significant implications for clinical practice, which allows more precise surgical or radiological outcomes. Clinicoradiological evaluation of these variations is important to achieve appropriate dissection planes during chest wall surgery.

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