A case of anomalous terminal branching of the axillary artery was encountered and described in a left upper limb of a male cadaver. A series of 214 upper limbs of Caucasian race was dissected. A variant artery, stemming from the very end of the axillary artery followed a superficial course distally. It passed the cubital fossa, ran on the lateral side of the forearm as usual radial artery, cros...

Surgical managment of soft tissue loss in the wrist consists of suitable coverage for the protection of vascular, nervous and tendinous structures. The fasciocutaneous cubital flap covers wrist defects, providing safe support over the nerves, tendons and vessels. Reported here is five cases of wrist defects by different etiology (extravasations, autolysis, trauma and neuritis). A fasciocutaneou...

The authors review the relevant anatomy and provide technical tips for endoscopic decompression of the cubital tunnel. Cubital tunnel syndrome is the second most common nerve compression syndrome in the upper extremity. Until recently, surgeons focused on open decompression combined with submuscular or subcutaneous transposition of the nerve. Decompression was usually limited to the region of t...

Anatomical variations in the formation, course and distribution of brachial plexus are well documented. The present report describes some rare variations with regard to relation of cords of brachial plexus, median and ulnar nerves with the third part of axillary artery and brachial artery in the left upper limb of an adult male cadaver. All three cords of brachial plexus were noted to be latera...

Introduction. Pseudohypertension is a condition which mainly occurs due to thickening-calcification of tunica intima of the arterial wall, leading to a faulty measurement of the intra-arterial blood pressure. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report in literature, of a pseudohypertension-like presentation in association with Morphea en plaque. Case Presentation. This is a rar...

PURPOSE Atopic dermatitis (AD) is an inflammatory skin disease, significantly affecting the quality of life. Using AD as a model system, we tested a successive identification of AD-associated microbes, followed by a culture-independent serum detection of the identified microbe. METHODS A total of 43 genomic DNA preparations from washing fluid of the cubital fossa of 6 healthy controls, skin l...

Address for Correspondence: Dr. Phalguni Srimani, Department of Anatomy, Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata 700032, India. Mobile: +91 9830479835 E-Mail: falgunisreemani@yahoo.co.in Background: Morphological variations of muscles in the flexor compartment of forearm have been reported by several authors. Flexor carpi radialis (FCR) is a superficial flexor of forearm which is known to pr...

The authors have used a modified surgical technique for repair of the distal end of the biceps brachii in three patients who presented with chronic rupture, all more than 6 weeks old. All patients were males; two lesions were on the dominant right side and one was on the non-dominant left side. An anterior incision was made over the cubital fossa, a hole was drilled over the radial tuberosity a...

Venipuncture is an important health diagnosis process. Although venipuncture is one of the most commonly performed procedures in medical environments, locating the veins of infants, obese, anemic, or colored patients is still an arduous task even for skilled practitioners. To solve this problem, several devices using infrared light have recently become commercially available. However, such devi...

BACKGROUND Studies on the effects of breastfeeding on the development of Atopic Dermatitis (AD) have shown controversial results. The importance of this condition deserves further studies; in particular, it remains unclear whether colonization of atopic patients by Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) through breastfeeding is relevant to the development of AD. OBJECTIVE To examine the potential ...