Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 69, Issue 6 , Pages 276-277, June 2006

Unusual Origin of Radial Collateral Artery Noted in Quadrangular Space Syndrome

Department of Anatomy, Melaka Manipal Medical College (Manipal Campus), Manipal, India.

Received 15 August 2005; accepted 13 February 2006.

Article Outline

In this paper, an unusual origin of the radial collateral artery of the arm is reported. The radial collateral artery in one of the cadavers dissected by us originated from the posterior circumflex humeral artery. The importance of this abnormal origin of the radial collateral artery from the posterior circumflex humeral artery in quadrangular space syndrome is discussed.

Key Words:  posterior circumflex humeral artery , quadrangular space syndrome , radial collateral artery

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PII: S1726-4901(09)70256-4

doi:10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70256-4

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 69, Issue 6 , Pages 276-277, June 2006

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