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Singh S, Rani N, Kaushal P, et al. Anomalous cutaneous branch of median nerve in arm: a report of anatomical variation with clinical implications. Anat Cell Biol. 2014;47(2):138-40doi: 10.5115/acb.2014.47.2.138.
Singh, S., Rani, N., Kaushal, P., Kumar, H., Sharrif, A., & Roy, T. S. (2014). Anomalous cutaneous branch of median nerve in arm: a report of anatomical variation with clinical implications. Anatomy & cell biology, 47(2), 138-40. https://doi.org/10.5115/acb.2014.47.2.138
Singh, Seema, et al. "Anomalous cutaneous branch of median nerve in arm: a report of anatomical variation with clinical implications." Anatomy & cell biology vol. 47,2 (2014): 138-40. doi: https://doi.org/10.5115/acb.2014.47.2.138
Singh S, Rani N, Kaushal P, Kumar H, Sharrif A, Roy TS. Anomalous cutaneous branch of median nerve in arm: a report of anatomical variation with clinical implications. Anat Cell Biol. 2014 Jun;47(2):138-40. doi: 10.5115/acb.2014.47.2.138. Epub 2014 Jun 20. PMID: 24987552; PMCID: PMC4076422.
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Anat Cell Biol. 2014 Jun;47(2):138-40. doi: 10.5115/acb.2014.47.2.138. Epub 2014 Jun 20.

Anomalous cutaneous branch of median nerve in arm: a report of anatomical variation with clinical implications.

Anatomy & cell biology

Seema Singh, Neerja Rani, Parul Kaushal, Hitesh Kumar, A Sharrif, T S Roy

Affiliations

  1. Department of Anatomy, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, Delhi, India.
  2. Department of Anatomy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi, India.
  3. Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi, India.

PMID: 24987552 PMCID: PMC4076422 DOI: 10.5115/acb.2014.47.2.138

Abstract

The objective of the study was to observe and document the variation on the subject of branches of the median nerve. This report will assist clinicians and surgeons by considering anatomical variation associated with the median nerve in interpreting atypical clinical presentations. The arm and forearm region of a 55 year embalmed male cadaver during educational gross anatomy dissection. We found that an anomalous cutaneous branch arising from the median nerve in the right arm which was passing deep to the tendon of the biceps brachii. Later it enters the cubital fossa and then it is accompanied by the superficial vein of the forearm. The other limb of the cadaver did not show any such variation. No other neural, arterial or muscular variation was observed in either of the limbs. A rare anatomical variation in which the anomalous cutaneous branch arising from the median nerve in the right arm which is later accompanied by a superficial vein in the forearm. Such knowledge is advantageous in nerve grafting and neurophysiological evaluation for diagnosing peripheral neuropathies.

Keywords: Anomalous; Arm; Forearm; Median nerve

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