Anatomical variation of the aortic arch branches: A case report and literature review
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Anatomical variations, aortic arch, vertebral artery
Abstract
Anatomical variations of the aortic arch branches have been documented; however, the occurrence of five branches arising directly from the aortic arch is rare. During the dissection of a 35-year-old male cadaver‘s thorax and neck region for undergraduate students in the academic year 2022–2023 at the Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Delta College of Science and Technology, Omdurman City, Sudan, the aortic arch exhibited five direct branches: the left subclavian, left common carotid, left vertebral, right common carotid, and right subclavian arteries. Understanding such variations and their anatomical courses prior to surgical procedures holds significant clinical value.
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Omer Ahmed Awad Abdelaziz, Anatomy Department, Faculty of Medicine, Omdurman Islamic University, Sudan.
Omdurman Islamic University, Anatomy Department
Ibrahim Omer Ibrahim Abdallah, Anatomy Department, Faculty of Medicine, Omdurman Islamic University, Sudan.
Omdurman Islamic University