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ArticleJournal of surgical case reports2026

Congenital absence of the long head of the biceps tendon: a case report.

Samuel I Fuller, Taner Bay, Ellen Lutnick, Thomas Listopadzki, Michael Rauh

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Article in Journal of surgical case reports, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Samuel I FullerDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, University at Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, 955 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203, United States.
Taner BayDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, University at Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, 955 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203, United States.
Ellen LutnickDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, University at Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, 955 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203, United States.
Thomas ListopadzkiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, University at Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, 955 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203, United States.
Michael RauhDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, University at Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, 955 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203, United States.

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Abstract

This report outlines the case of a 21-year-old male, found to have a congenital absence of the long head of the biceps tendon (LHBT) following trauma, only the third reported case in this setting without a prior history of shoulder pain or instability and is one of the few cases of congenitally absent LHBT in which the condition was initially detected on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) prior to arthroscopy. Congenitally absent LHBT may not always present with prior shoulder pain or instability; evidence of abnormality at the bicipital groove or the LHBT on MRI prior to confirmation with diagnostic arthroscopy may aid in diagnosis.

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absence of long head of biceps tendonbiceps tendoncongenital long head of biceps tendonLHBTlong head of biceps tendon

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PMCPMC13349859

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