Superficial tortuous brachial artery – a case report

Case Report During routine dissection of a male cadaver, of unknown age and ethnicity, the left brachial artery was found to be tortuous. It was observed that the superficial brachial artery was arising from the third part of the axillary artery proximal to the origin of the posterior and anterior circumflex humeral arteries (Figures 1, 2). On following it in the arm, it was observed that at the lower border of teres major, the axillary artery was continuing as main brachial artery. The ulnar collateral artery was a branch from the main brachial artery and continued as muscular branches. The tortuous brachial artery next continued in the cubital fossa running superficial to the median nerve, and the deep brachial artery divided into two branches, one continuing in the cubital fossa with the superficial brachial artery and the other continuing behind the medial epicondyle with the ulnar nerve (Figure 3). In the forearm the superficial brachial artery gave origin to the median artery of the forearm, which was being accompanied by the median nerve, and finally divided into ulnar and radial arteries of the forearm (Figure 4). Satyajit SAHA [1] Vasanti AROLE [2] VATSALASWAMY [2]