%0 Case Reports
%T An unusual case of asymmetrical combined variations of the subclavian and axillary artery with clinical significance.
%A Panagouli E
%A Natsis K
%A Piagkou M
%A Kostare G
%A Tsoucalas G
%A Venieratos D
%J Folia Morphol (Warsz)
%V 78
%N 4
%D 2019
%M 30816550
%F 1.195
%R 10.5603/FM.a2019.0020
%X In a Greek Caucasian male cadaver, a combination of the following arterial variations were observed: an aberrant right subclavian artery originating as a last branch of the aortic arch and coursed posterior to the oesophagus, a right non-recurrent laryngeal nerve, an atypical origin of the left suprascapular artery from the axillary artery, an unusual emersion of the lateral thoracic artery from the subscapular artery and a separate origin of the left thoracodorsal artery from the axillary artery. According to the available literature the corresponding incidences of the referred variants are: 0.7% for the aberrant right subclavian artery, 1.6-3.8% for the origin of the suprascapular artery from the axillary artery, 3% for the origin of the left thoracodorsal artery from the axillary artery and 30% for the origin of the lateral thoracic artery from the subscapular artery. Such unusual coexistence of arterial variations may developmentally be explained and has important clinical significance.