Upper Extremity Ischemia from Developmental Failure of Brachial Artery: A Case Report

• Published in: Vascular and endovascular surgery 2005-07, Vol.39 (4), p.359-362
• Main Authors: Jo, Won-Min, Kim, Hark Jei, Ryu, Se Min, Choi, Young Ho, Sohn, Young-Sang
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Blood and lymphatic vessels; Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; Brachial Artery - abnormalities; Brachial Artery - diagnostic imaging; Brachial Artery - surgery; Cardiology. Vascular system; Diseases of the peripheral vessels. Diseases of the vena cava. Miscellaneous; Humans; Ischemia - diagnostic imaging; Ischemia - etiology; Ischemia - surgery; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Neurology; Radiography; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Upper Extremity - blood supply; Vascular diseases and vascular malformations of the nervous system; Vascular surgery: aorta, extremities, vena cava. Surgery of the lymphatic vessels
• ISSN: 1538-5744; 1938-9116
• DOI: 10.1177/153857440503900410

Advances in medicine and technology have increased brachial artery utilization for diagnostic and interventional radiology. Hence, detection and assessment of variations in upper extremity vasculature are important regardless of the low surgical intervention rate in the upper extremity. Anomalies of the upper extremity artery are infrequently reported, and anomalies of the brachial artery are even less common. Presented here is a case of developmental failure of the brachial artery. A segment about 2.1 cm from its origin was treated with bypass surgery. This is presented as an uncommon variation of the brachial artery.