Anatomic variation of the iliacus and psoas major muscles
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Customary dissection in the Physical Therapy Anatomy Laboratory yielded a unilateral right-sided iliopsoas variation in a single cadaver. The embalmed specimen was a 91-year-old Caucasian female. The variation included an unusual arrangement of the iliacus muscle attached to the psoas major muscle with a resultant alteration in the course of the femoral nerve. Although iliacus and psoas muscle variations have been reported in the literature, to the author’s knowledge, there are none identical to the current case.
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