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Type of Article : A Case Report

Year: 2015 | Volume 3 | Issue 3 | Page No. 1252-1254

Date of Publication: 02-08-2015

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.16965/ijar.2015.205

BILATERAL COMMUNICATING BRANCH BETWEEN MUSCULOCUTANEOUS AND MEDIAN NERVE: A CASE REPORT

Santosh Kumar Sahu *¹, Prabahita Baruah ², Pradipta Ray Choudhury ³, Mousumee Saikia ⁴, Hirak Das ⁵, Ved Prakash Gupta ⁶.

^*1,4Demonstrator, Department of Anatomy, Jorhat Medical College & Hospital, Jorhat, Assam, India.
^2,3 Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Silchar Medical College & Hospital, Silchar, Assam, India.
⁵ Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Assam Medical College & Hospital, Dibrugarh, Assam, India.
⁶ Demonstrator, Department of Forensic Medicine, Jorhat Medical College & Hospital, Jorhat, Assam, India.

Address: Dr. Santosh Kumar Sahu, Demonstrator, Department of Anatomy, Jorhat Medical College & Hospital, Jorhat, Assam, India. Hand Phone no.: +919954935102,+919401359249.
E-Mail: dr.santoshgmc@gmail.com, prcanatomist@gmail.com

Abstract

Connections between the musculocutaneous and median nerve are not uncommon. But knowledge of such variations is important for surgeons to perform surgical procedures. Here a female cadaver of 34 years age was found during dissection classes of undergraduate MBBS students, with communicating branch connecting musculocutaneous nerve with median nerve bilaterally.
KEY WORDS: Communicating branch, Musculocutaneous nerve, Median nerve.

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Santosh Kumar Sahu, Prabahita Baruah, Pradipta Ray Choudhury, Mousumee Saikia, Hirak Das, Ved Prakash Gupta. BILATERAL COMMUNICATING BRANCH BETWEEN MUSCULOCUTANEOUS AND MEDIAN NERVE: A CASE REPORT. Int J Anat Res 2015;3(3):1252-1254. DOI: 10.16965/ijar.2015.205