A Rare Variant of the Ulnar Artery with Important Clinical Implications: a Case Report
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Resumo: | BACKGROUND: Variations in the major arteries of the upper limb are estimated to be present in up to one fifth of people, and may have significant clinical implications. CASE PRESENTATION: During routine cadaveric dissection of a 69-year-old fresh female cadaver, a superficial brachioulnar artery with an aberrant path was found bilaterally. The superficial brachioulnar artery originated at midarm level from the brachial artery, pierced the brachial fascia immediately proximal to the elbow, crossed superficial to the muscles that originated from the medial epicondyle, and ran over the pronator teres muscle in a doubling of the antebrachial fascia. It then dipped into the forearm fascia, in the gap between the flexor carpi radialis and the palmaris longus. Subsequently, it ran deep to the palmaris longus muscle belly, and superficially to the flexor digitorum superficialis muscle, reaching the gap between the latter and the flexor carpi ulnaris muscle, where it assumed is usual position lateral to the ulnar nerve. CONCLUSION: As far as the authors could determine, this variant of the superficial brachioulnar artery has only been described twice before in the literature. The existence of such a variant is of particular clinical significance, as these arteries are more susceptible to trauma, and can be easily confused with superficial veins during medical and surgical procedures, potentially leading to iatrogenic distal limb ischemia. |
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A Rare Variant of the Ulnar Artery with Important Clinical Implications: a Case ReportIrrigação SanguíneaAnatomiaArtériasArtéria UlnarBraçoAntebraçoCadáverDissecçãoBACKGROUND: Variations in the major arteries of the upper limb are estimated to be present in up to one fifth of people, and may have significant clinical implications. CASE PRESENTATION: During routine cadaveric dissection of a 69-year-old fresh female cadaver, a superficial brachioulnar artery with an aberrant path was found bilaterally. The superficial brachioulnar artery originated at midarm level from the brachial artery, pierced the brachial fascia immediately proximal to the elbow, crossed superficial to the muscles that originated from the medial epicondyle, and ran over the pronator teres muscle in a doubling of the antebrachial fascia. It then dipped into the forearm fascia, in the gap between the flexor carpi radialis and the palmaris longus. Subsequently, it ran deep to the palmaris longus muscle belly, and superficially to the flexor digitorum superficialis muscle, reaching the gap between the latter and the flexor carpi ulnaris muscle, where it assumed is usual position lateral to the ulnar nerve. CONCLUSION: As far as the authors could determine, this variant of the superficial brachioulnar artery has only been described twice before in the literature. The existence of such a variant is of particular clinical significance, as these arteries are more susceptible to trauma, and can be easily confused with superficial veins during medical and surgical procedures, potentially leading to iatrogenic distal limb ischemia.BioMedCentralRepositório do Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, EPECasal, DPais, DToscano, TBilhim, TRodrigues, LFigueiredo, IAradio, SAlmeida, MAGoyri-O'Neill, J2013-01-08T14:59:56Z20122012-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.17/918engBMC Res Notes. 2012 Nov 30;5:660info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-03-10T09:28:14Zoai:repositorio.chlc.min-saude.pt:10400.17/918Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T17:18:31.990032Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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A Rare Variant of the Ulnar Artery with Important Clinical Implications: a Case Report |
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A Rare Variant of the Ulnar Artery with Important Clinical Implications: a Case Report |
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A Rare Variant of the Ulnar Artery with Important Clinical Implications: a Case Report Casal, D Irrigação Sanguínea Anatomia Artérias Artéria Ulnar Braço Antebraço Cadáver Dissecção |
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A Rare Variant of the Ulnar Artery with Important Clinical Implications: a Case Report |
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A Rare Variant of the Ulnar Artery with Important Clinical Implications: a Case Report |
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A Rare Variant of the Ulnar Artery with Important Clinical Implications: a Case Report |
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A Rare Variant of the Ulnar Artery with Important Clinical Implications: a Case Report |
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A Rare Variant of the Ulnar Artery with Important Clinical Implications: a Case Report |
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Casal, D |
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Casal, D Pais, D Toscano, T Bilhim, T Rodrigues, L Figueiredo, I Aradio, S Almeida, MA Goyri-O'Neill, J |
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Pais, D Toscano, T Bilhim, T Rodrigues, L Figueiredo, I Aradio, S Almeida, MA Goyri-O'Neill, J |
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Repositório do Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, EPE |
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Casal, D Pais, D Toscano, T Bilhim, T Rodrigues, L Figueiredo, I Aradio, S Almeida, MA Goyri-O'Neill, J |
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Irrigação Sanguínea Anatomia Artérias Artéria Ulnar Braço Antebraço Cadáver Dissecção |
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Irrigação Sanguínea Anatomia Artérias Artéria Ulnar Braço Antebraço Cadáver Dissecção |
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BACKGROUND: Variations in the major arteries of the upper limb are estimated to be present in up to one fifth of people, and may have significant clinical implications. CASE PRESENTATION: During routine cadaveric dissection of a 69-year-old fresh female cadaver, a superficial brachioulnar artery with an aberrant path was found bilaterally. The superficial brachioulnar artery originated at midarm level from the brachial artery, pierced the brachial fascia immediately proximal to the elbow, crossed superficial to the muscles that originated from the medial epicondyle, and ran over the pronator teres muscle in a doubling of the antebrachial fascia. It then dipped into the forearm fascia, in the gap between the flexor carpi radialis and the palmaris longus. Subsequently, it ran deep to the palmaris longus muscle belly, and superficially to the flexor digitorum superficialis muscle, reaching the gap between the latter and the flexor carpi ulnaris muscle, where it assumed is usual position lateral to the ulnar nerve. CONCLUSION: As far as the authors could determine, this variant of the superficial brachioulnar artery has only been described twice before in the literature. The existence of such a variant is of particular clinical significance, as these arteries are more susceptible to trauma, and can be easily confused with superficial veins during medical and surgical procedures, potentially leading to iatrogenic distal limb ischemia. |
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