Dorsal Scapular Artery Variations and Relationship to the Brachial Plexus, and a Related Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Case
| Autor: | Helen E. Pearson, Daniela Alexandru, Mary F. Barbe, Anthony M. Pastore, Anne-Marie A. Verenna, Justin C. Brown, Geoffrey M. Bove, Frank J. Daly, Afshin Karimi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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musculoskeletal diseases
medicine.medical_specialty Dorsal scapular artery 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Cadaver medicine.artery medicine Subclavian artery Thoracic outlet syndrome Plexus business.industry Anatomy medicine.disease musculoskeletal system Trunk Surgery body regions Neurology Thyrocervical trunk cardiovascular system Neurology (clinical) business Brachial plexus 030217 neurology & neurosurgery circulatory and respiratory physiology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of brachial plexus and peripheral nerve injury. 11(1) |
| ISSN: | 1749-7221 |
| Popis: | Rationale Knowledge of the relationship of the dorsal scapular artery (DSA) with the brachial plexus is limited. Objective We report a case of a variant DSA path, and revisit DSA origins and under-investigated relationship with the plexus in cadavers. Methods The DSA was examined in a male patient and 106 cadavers. Results In the case, we observed an unusual DSA compressing the lower plexus trunk, that resulted in intermittent radiating pain and paresthesia. In the cadavers, the DSA originated most commonly from the subclavian artery (71%), with 35% from the thyrocervical trunk. Nine sides of eight cadavers (seven females) had two DSA branches per side, with one branch from each origin. The most typical DSA path was a subclavian artery origin before passing between upper and middle brachial plexus trunks (40% of DSAs), versus between middle and lower trunks (23%), or inferior (4%) or superior to the plexus (1%). Following a thyrocervical trunk origin, the DSA passed most frequently superior to the plexus (23%), versus between middle and lower trunks (6%) or upper and middle trunks (4%). Bilateral symmetry in origin and path through the brachial plexus was observed in 13 of 35 females (37%) and 6 of 17 males (35%), with the most common bilateral finding of a subclavian artery origin and a path between upper and middle trunks (17%). Conclusion Variability in the relationship between DSA and trunks of the brachial plexus has surgical and clinical implications, such as diagnosis of thoracic outlet syndrome. |
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