ArticleSurgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA2023
An unusual combination of a bilateral aberrant suprascapular artery with neurovascular structures variants.
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- Unilateral absence of the thyrocervical trunk with multiple subclavian arterial variations and a suprascapular artery traversing the brachial plexus: a cadaveric case report.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2026Article
- Anatomical variations of the suprascapular artery: correlation between origin and course.Anatomical science international · 2026Article
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- Unilateral Anatomical Variation of the Suprascapular and Dorsal Scapular Arteries: A Cadaveric Case Report.Cureus · 2025Article
- Variation in morphology of the suprascapular nerve and vessels at the suprascapular notch: clinical implications for suprascapular nerve release.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2025Article
- The dominance of dorsal scapular artery as the blood supply to muscles of the back in the absence of two primary vessels: a cadaveric case report.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2024Article
- The Aberrant Origin of the Suprascapular Artery May Hide Neural Covariants: A Cadaveric Finding.Cureus · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposeThe report describes a bilateral suprascapular artery (SPSA) of atypical origin in coexistence with neurovascular aberrant structures.
methodsThe variants were identified in a 91-year-old formalin-embalmed male cadaver, derived from a body donation program after a signed informed consent.
resultsThe left-sided SPSA emanated from the 1st part of the axillary artery, coursed between the brachial plexus lateral and medial cords, accompanied by the suprascapular nerve, and passed below the superior transverse scapular ligament. Ipsilateral coexisted variants were the lateral thoracic artery multiplication, the subscapular trunk formation, and the musculocutaneous nerve duplication. In the right supraclavicular area, a SPSA duplication was identified. The main artery emanated from the thyrocervical trunk in common with the transverse cervical artery and the accessory SPSA emanated from the dorsal scapular artery. Both SPSAs coursed over the superior transverse scapular ligament, while the suprascapular nerve ran below the ligament.
conclusionsThe current study reported a bilateral aberrant SPSA, originating from the AA 1st part (left side) and from the dorsal scapular artery (right side), which coexisted with adjacent neurovascular structures' variants. The left SPSA atypically coursed below the superior transverse scapular ligament. Such an unusual combination of variations, present bilaterally in the current study, may be challenging for radiologists and surgeons.
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