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Type of Article : Case Report

Year: 2015 | Volume 3 | Issue 3 | Page No. 1312-1315

Date of Publication: 31-08-2015

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.16965/ijar.2015.218

UNILATERAL VARIATION IN THE BRANCHING PATTERN OF RIGHT AXILLARY ARTERY: A CASE REPORT

A.K.Manicka Vasuki *¹, M.Nirmala Devi ², K.Kalyana Sundaram ³, Deborah Joy Hebzibah ⁴, T.K.Aleyemma Fenn ⁵, M.Jamuna ⁶.

^*1 Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Coimbatore, India.
² Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Coimbatore, India.
³ Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Coimbatore Medical College, Coimbatore, India.
⁴ Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Coimbatore, India.
⁵ Former Professor & HOD, Department of Anatomy, PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Coimbatore India.
⁶ Professor & HOD, Department of Anatomy, PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Coimbatore, India.

Address: Dr. A.K.Manicka Vasuki, Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Coimbatore, India.
E-Mail: vasukikalyan01@gmail.com

Abstract

Axillary artery and its branches are prone to have variations in their course. Knowledge about such variations are important for Radiologists in imaging techniques, Surgeons,Orthopedicians and Anesthetists in performing surgeries in the axilla and giving regional nerve  blocks in the axilla.During dissection of a cadaver in the department of Anatomy, PSG IMS &R, Coimbatore, We observed a variation in the third part of right Axillary artery. From the common trunk, Subscapular artery, Anterior and Posterior circumflex humeral arteries and Profunda brachii artery arose. Third part of Axillary artery continued down as brachial artery. We are highlighting the variation in this study.
KEY WORDS: Axillary Artery, Common Trunk, Arterial Variation, Profunda Brachii Artery, Clinical Significance.

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A.K.Manicka Vasuki, M.Nirmala Devi, K.Kalyana Sundaram, Deborah Joy Hebzibah, T.K.Aleyemma Fenn, M.Jamuna. UNILATERAL VARIATION IN THE BRANCHING PATTERN OF RIGHT AXILLARY ARTERY: A CASE REPORT. Int J Anat Res 2015;3(3):1312-1315. DOI: 10.16965/ijar.2015.218