Unusual Morphology of the Axillary Vein Forming a Loop around the Lateral Thoracic Artery.

• Main Authors: Sudarshan S,, Naveen K,, Srinivasa RS,, Venu MN,
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Department of Surgery, UKM Medical Centre 2014
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8357/1/; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8357/2/16-MS1166_%2856-58%29.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8357/

Venous anomalies of the upper limb are not uncommon. However, unusual anomaly of the axillary vein forming a loop around a branch of the axillary artery has seldom been reported in the literature. In the present case, we report a rare case of perforation of the axillary vein (AV) by the lateral thor...