OBJECTIVES To clarify the anatomical distribution of the lingual artery in normal adult subjects through histopathologic evaluations. METHODS Eighteen healthy cadaveric tongues were used to produce 8 paraffin-embedded tissue sections each. Length from midline raphe, depth from dorsum of tongue and the whole transverse length tongue were measured. The lateral distance, depth, and proportion of...

Variations of arterial patterns in the upper limb have represented the most common subject of vascular anatomy. Different types of artery branching pattern of the upper limb are very important for orthopedists in angiographic and microvascular surgical practice. The brachial artery (BA) is the most important vessel in the normal vascular anatomy of the upper limb. The classical pattern of the p...

Celiac artery compression syndrome is a rare condition characterized by extrinsic compression of the celiac artery by the median arcuate ligament, which leads to chronic, recurrent postprandial epigastric pain. Although traditional treatment of this syndrome involves laparotomy to release the median arcuate ligament, here we report on the rare case of a middle-aged woman recovering with no spec...

background: two main muscles studied in the hand for evaluation of median nerve injuries are opponens pollicis (op) and abductor pollicis brevis (apb). however, riché-cannieu communicating branch (rccb) may limit the use of these muscles in electrodiagnosis. this condition is confusing in the case of median nerve injuries. this study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of rccb.   methods: ...

The anatomical variations in the arterial supply of the palm are frequently reported. One such variation reported during routine dissection for undergraduate medical students in our college is the absence of superficial palmar arch and presence of persistent median artery. The arterial supply to the palm is in the form of superficial and deep palmar arches. In the present case the median artery...

Introduction The median nerve is formed by the two roots of the brachial plexus the lateral root from the lateral cord and the medial root from the medial cord. The medial cord crosses the third part of the axillary artery and joins with the lateral root to form the median nerve lateral to the artery. The median nerve crosses the brachial artery in the middle of the arm from lateral to medial s...

BACKGROUND Iatrogenic arterial injury during bone marrow biopsy is an extremely rare complication. We present unreported complication of median sacral artery injury that was managed successfully with endovascular treatment. CASE PRESENTATION A 22-year-old Caucasian man known to have end-stage renal disease secondary to Senior-Loken syndrome presented with anemia. He underwent an investigation...