High Origin of Radial Arteries: A Report of Two Rare Cases
Variations in the arterial supply of the upper limb are relatively common, with reported prevalence rates ranging from 11 to 24.4%. Of these, the most commonly encountered variation in the arm is a high origin of the radial artery. However, after consecutively dissecting and examining 600 Singaporea...
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| description | Variations in the arterial supply of the upper limb are relatively common, with reported prevalence rates ranging from 11 to 24.4%. Of these, the most commonly encountered variation in the arm is a high origin of the radial artery. However, after consecutively dissecting and examining 600 Singaporean Chinese cadavers (1,200 upper limbs), we found only two cases of this. In both cases, the brachioradial artery originated from the upper one-third of the brachial artery and continued distally as the radial artery in the forearm. The local prevalence of 0.33% of this variation is significantly lower compared against populations from other geographical regions. Although rare, recognition of the variation is of fundamental importance to clinical practice. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a03ddc78642244f8937ee94623d9c3a12025-08-20T02:20:51ZengWileyThe Scientific World Journal1537-744X2010-01-01101999200210.1100/tsw.2010.187High Origin of Radial Arteries: A Report of Two Rare CasesDong Zhan0Yi Zhao1Jun Sun2Eng-Ang Ling3George W. Yip4Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, Kunming Medical College, ChinaDepartment of Anatomy, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, SingaporeDepartment of Anatomy, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, Kunming Medical College, ChinaDepartment of Anatomy, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, SingaporeDepartment of Anatomy, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, SingaporeVariations in the arterial supply of the upper limb are relatively common, with reported prevalence rates ranging from 11 to 24.4%. Of these, the most commonly encountered variation in the arm is a high origin of the radial artery. However, after consecutively dissecting and examining 600 Singaporean Chinese cadavers (1,200 upper limbs), we found only two cases of this. In both cases, the brachioradial artery originated from the upper one-third of the brachial artery and continued distally as the radial artery in the forearm. The local prevalence of 0.33% of this variation is significantly lower compared against populations from other geographical regions. Although rare, recognition of the variation is of fundamental importance to clinical practice.http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2010.187 |
| spellingShingle | Dong Zhan Yi Zhao Jun Sun Eng-Ang Ling George W. Yip High Origin of Radial Arteries: A Report of Two Rare Cases The Scientific World Journal |
| title | High Origin of Radial Arteries: A Report of Two Rare Cases |
| title_full | High Origin of Radial Arteries: A Report of Two Rare Cases |
| title_fullStr | High Origin of Radial Arteries: A Report of Two Rare Cases |
| title_full_unstemmed | High Origin of Radial Arteries: A Report of Two Rare Cases |
| title_short | High Origin of Radial Arteries: A Report of Two Rare Cases |
| title_sort | high origin of radial arteries a report of two rare cases |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2010.187 |
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