Acta Med. 2025, 68: 73-75

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2025.23

Peritendinitis of the Fourth Dorsal Compartment Due to Anomalous Extensor Indicis Proprius: A Case Report and Review of Anatomical Variations

Dimas Drummonda, José Luiz Masson de Almeida Pradob, Henrique Shimiduc, Márcio Luís Duarted

aUniversidade de Ribeirão Preto – Campus Guarujá, Guarujá-SP, Brazil
bFleury Medicina e Saúde, São Paulo-SP, Brazil
cHospital Samaritano, São Paulo-SP, Brazil
dUniversidade de Ribeirão Preto – Campus Guarujá, Guarujá-SP, Brazil. Diagnósticos da América S/A – DASA, São Paulo-SP, Brazil

Received December 24, 2024
Accepted August 12, 2025

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