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
• Published: Department of Surgery, UKM Medical Centre 2014
• Subjects: R Medicine (General); RD Surgery
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8364/1/Unusual_Morphology_of_the_Axillary_Vein_Forming_a_Loop_around_the_Lateral.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8364/; http://jsurgacad.com/

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...