Uncommon course of the ulnar artery through the pronator teres muscle

作者：Vymazalova Katerina^*; Vargova Lenka; Joukal Marek

来源：Nepal Medical Association Journal, 2014, 52(11): 946-948.

• anatomical variation
• median nerve
• pronator canal
• pronator teres muscle
• ulnar artery

In this paper, we describe a very rare variant in the course of the ulnar artery that we encountered in dissecting the right upper limb of a 74-year-old man. The ulnar artery arose standardly from the brachial artery in the cubital fossa. However, its ensuing course differed from the norm. The artery entered together with the ulnar vein and median nerve into the pronator canal (between the humeral and ulnar heads of the pronator teres). Further, the ulnar artery descended classically to the ulnar side of the forearm between the flexor carpi ulnaris and flexor digitorum superficialis. Knowledge of this variation in the course of the ulnar artery may have significance in clinical practice because accumulation of anatomical structures in the pronator canal could be a predisposing factor for the compression of nerve or blood vessels.

• 出版日期2014-9