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Vol 78, No 4 (2019)
Case report
Submitted: 2018-12-20
Accepted: 2019-02-09
Published online: 2019-02-25
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An unusual case of asymmetrical combined variations of the subclavian and axillary artery with clinical significance

E. Panagouli1, K. Natsis2, M. Piagkou1, G. Kostare1, G. Tsoucalas3, D. Venieratos1
DOI: 10.5603/FM.a2019.0020
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Pubmed: 30816550
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Folia Morphol 2019;78(4):883-887.
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  1. Department of Anatomy, Medical School, Faculty of Health Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
  2. Department of Anatomy and Surgical Anatomy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
  3. Department of Anatomy, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece

open access

Vol 78, No 4 (2019)
CASE REPORTS
Submitted: 2018-12-20
Accepted: 2019-02-09
Published online: 2019-02-25

Abstract

In a Greek Caucasian male cadaver, a combination of the following arterial variations were observed: an aberrant right subclavian artery originating as a last branch of the aortic arch and coursed posterior to the oesophagus, a right non-recurrent laryngeal nerve, an atypical origin of the left suprascapular artery from the axillary artery, an unusual emersion of the lateral thoracic artery from the subscapular artery and a separate origin of the left thoracodorsal artery from the axillary artery. According to the available literature the corresponding incidences of the referred variants are: 0.7% for the aberrant right subclavian artery, 1.6–3.8% for the origin of the suprascapular artery from the axillary artery, 3% for the origin of the left thoracodorsal artery from the axillary artery and 30% for the origin of the lateral thoracic artery from the subscapular artery. Such unusual coexistence of arterial variations may developmentally be explained and has important clinical significance.

Abstract

In a Greek Caucasian male cadaver, a combination of the following arterial variations were observed: an aberrant right subclavian artery originating as a last branch of the aortic arch and coursed posterior to the oesophagus, a right non-recurrent laryngeal nerve, an atypical origin of the left suprascapular artery from the axillary artery, an unusual emersion of the lateral thoracic artery from the subscapular artery and a separate origin of the left thoracodorsal artery from the axillary artery. According to the available literature the corresponding incidences of the referred variants are: 0.7% for the aberrant right subclavian artery, 1.6–3.8% for the origin of the suprascapular artery from the axillary artery, 3% for the origin of the left thoracodorsal artery from the axillary artery and 30% for the origin of the lateral thoracic artery from the subscapular artery. Such unusual coexistence of arterial variations may developmentally be explained and has important clinical significance.

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Keywords

aberrant right subclavian artery, suprascapular artery, lateral thoracic artery, thoracodorsal artery, subscapular artery, oesophagus, non-recurrent laryngeal nerve

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Title

An unusual case of asymmetrical combined variations of the subclavian and axillary artery with clinical significance

Journal

Folia Morphologica

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Vol 78, No 4 (2019)

Article type

Case report

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883-887

Published online

2019-02-25

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DOI

10.5603/FM.a2019.0020

Pubmed

30816550

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Folia Morphol 2019;78(4):883-887.

Keywords

aberrant right subclavian artery
suprascapular artery
lateral thoracic artery
thoracodorsal artery
subscapular artery
oesophagus
non-recurrent laryngeal nerve

Authors

E. Panagouli
K. Natsis
M. Piagkou
G. Kostare
G. Tsoucalas
D. Venieratos

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