Here we report a case of bilateral ulnar artery absence discovered during the treatment of a deep wound in the forearm. Variations and anomalies in the anatomy of the upper limb arteries are frequent, but the one that we found, to our knowledge, has never been described in other clinical cases.

A case of total bilateral congenital ulnar artery absence detected with CT angiography

Congia, Stefano;Palmas, Alessandro;Capone, Antonio
2017-01-01

Abstract

Here we report a case of bilateral ulnar artery absence discovered during the treatment of a deep wound in the forearm. Variations and anomalies in the anatomy of the upper limb arteries are frequent, but the one that we found, to our knowledge, has never been described in other clinical cases.
2017
Congenital anomalies; Hand injury; Ulnar artery absence; Anatomy; Embryology
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