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Anomalous branching order of the superior and lateral thoracic arteries
1Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Clinical Anatomy (New York, N.Y.)
|January 1, 1997
Abstract:
The superior thoracic and lateral thoracic arteries usually arise from the axillary artery as the first and second branches, respectively. Although anomalies have been described, no reports of a reversal of the order of origin have been found In two cadaveric dissections, the lateral thoracic artery was found to arise cephalad to the superior thoracic artery.