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. 1997 Jul;191(Pt 1):155–157. doi: 10.1046/j.1469-7580.1997.19110155.x

Correspondence. Superficial brachial artery continuing as the common interosseous artery

TOSHIOI NAKATANI 1 , SHIGENORI TANAKA 1 , SHIGEKI MIZUKAMI 2
PMCID: PMC1467668  PMID: 9279667

Abstract

The superficial artery of the arm with a course anterior to the median nerve is found at an incidence of ≈13%, and it continues as the radial artery twice as frequently than as the ulnar artery; less frequently it continues as both arteries (Bergman et al. 1988). We report a rare case in which the superficial brachial artery continued as the common interosseous artery only and the deep brachial artery continued as the radial and superficial ulnar arteries in the cubital fossa.

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