A Rare variation of axillary artery

Iraj Jafari anrkooli; AR Mahmoudian; MH Karimfar; M Jafarpur

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A Rare variation of axillary artery

Author(s):

Iraj Jafari anrkooli^1,*,

AR Mahmoudian¹,

MH Karimfar²,

M Jafarpur¹

1Dept. of Anatomy, Faculty of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Mashhad, Iran.

2Dept. of Anatomy, Faculty of Health, Zabol University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Zabol, Iran.

Zahedan Journal of Research in Medical Sciences:Vol. 9, issue 2; e94805

Published online:Jun 17, 2007

Article type:Research Article

Received:Apr 02, 2007

Accepted:May 15, 2007

How to Cite:Iraj Jafari anrkooli, AR Mahmoudian, MH Karimfar, M Jafarpur, A Rare variation of axillary artery.Zahedan J Res Med Sci.2007;9(2):e94805.

Abstract

The axillary artery, a continuation of the subclavian artery, begins at the outer border of first
rib, and ends nominally at the inferior border of teres major muscle where it becomes the brachial
artery. During the dissection of a 30-35-year-old man cadaver, according to classical anatomy
method (Grant’s method), we found an unusual branching in the second part of the axillary artery
on the right side. The second part of axillary artery had a common branch, from which a lateral
thoracic and subscapular artery was originated. This is an infrequent variation that has not been
reported in the anatomy references, as yet.
The increasing use of invasive diagnostic and interventional procedures in cardiovascular
diseases, as well use of branches of upper limb arteries for coronary bypass and flaps in
reconstructive surgery. Therefore, accurate knowledge of normal and variant arterial pattern of the
upper extremities, for example axillary artery, is very important for medical specialists particularly
anatomists and surgeons. Awareness of such variations can help surgeons to reduce the
postoperative complications.

Keywords

Axillary artery

variation

subscapular artery

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