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Structure of companion artery to median nerve

Known as: Arteria comitans nervi mediani, Median artery, artery median 
An artery arising from the anterior interosseous artery in the forearm that runs parallel to the median nerve and supplies the palm of the hand.
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2011
2011
Communication between median and musculocutaneous nerves in the forearm hooking around the origin of the median artery: a rare variation.
Variations of the musculocutaneous and median nerves at the level of axilla and arm are well described in the literature. We… (More)
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2009
2009
MRI of the median nerve and median artery in the carpal tunnel: prevalence of their anatomical variations and clinical significance
Anatomical variations of the median nerve and the persistent median artery (PMA) in the carpal tunnel (CT) are important to… (More)
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2002
2002
Persistent median artery in the carpal tunnel: color Doppler ultrasonographic findings.
OBJECTIVE To describe the ultrasonographic and color Doppler ultrasonographic findings in 2 patients with carpal tunnel syndrome… (More)
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2002
2002
Carpal tunnel syndrome caused by thrombosis of the median artery: the importance of high-resolution ultrasonography for diagnosis. Case report.
The rare case of a patient with carpal tunnel syndrome caused by thrombosis of a persistent median artery is presented… (More)
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2000
2000
Arteriovenous malformation of a persistent median artery with a bifurcated median nerve.
A patient with arteriovenous malformations of the volar forearm and hand arising from a persistent median artery with an… (More)
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1999
1999
Median artery revisited.
This study confirms that the median artery may persist in adult life in 2 different patterns, palmar and antebrachial, based on… (More)
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1996
1996
The surgical anatomy of the relationships between the perforating and the leptomeningeal arteries.
OBJECTIVE Despite detailed studies of the perforating arteries, their relationships with the leptomeningeal arteries are almost… (More)
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1994
1994
Anomalous median nerve associated with persistent median artery.
A right human forearm showed persistence of the median artery in combination with anomalies of the median nerve and of the palmar… (More)
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1992
1992
An anomaly of the median artery associated with the anterior interosseous nerve syndrome.
The anterior interosseous nerve syndrome is characterized by paralysis of the flexor pollicis longus muscle, the flexor digitorum… (More)
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1988
1988
Persistent median artery as a cause of pronator syndrome.
Pronator syndrome may be caused by a persistent median artery that passes completely through the proximal median nerve and then… (More)
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