Vol 64, No 4 (2005)
Case report
Published online: 2005-09-20
Split median nerve. A report of two cases
Folia Morphol 2005;64(4):341-344.
Abstract
Two variations of the median nerve described in the Lanz study as type 3 anomalies
were found during dissection. In the first case the median nerve splits in the cubital
fossa and descends through the carpal tunnel to the palm of the hand. In the second
of the reported cases the median nerve splits 45 mm before entering the carpal
tunnel and is accompanied by a persistent median artery. Surgeons should take such
variations into consideration in order to plan surgical approaches judiciously.
Keywords: median nerve variationssplit median nervepersistent median arterycarpal syndrome
