Vol 64, No 2 (2005)
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Published online: 2005-03-03

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The co-existence of an aberrant origin of the right subclavian artery and a coronary myocardial bridge

E Sakuma, H Kato, N Honda, Y Mabuchi, T Soji
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.

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