Vol 64, No 2 (2005)
Case report
Published online: 2005-03-03
The co-existence of an aberrant origin of the right subclavian artery and a coronary myocardial bridge
Folia Morphol 2005;64(2):109-114.
Abstract
We encountered the co-existence of an aberrant origin of the right subclavian
artery and a myocardial bridge on the left anterior descending coronary artery in
the cadaver of an 80-year-old Japanese woman during the course of educational
dissection at Nagoya City University Medical School. We document the precise
gross anatomical findings with some morphometric measurements. Neither
an aberrant origin of the right subclavian artery nor the cardial myocardial bridge
is a very rare anomaly, but a case of both anomalies being found in the same
body is very rare. We believe this is the first report of the simultaneous occurrence
of these two anomalies.
Keywords: aberrant originright subclavian arterymyocardial bridgecoronary artery