Persistent median artery may explain the transition from 11 to 12 meridians in ancient Chinese medicine
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DOI: 10.1111/joa.13376
Abstract: Persistent median artery (PMA) has been recognized as a major arterial variant of the forearm in about 30% adults and it also shows a continuously increasing trend in the last two hundred years. This may… read more here.
Keywords: medicine; persistent median; may explain; median artery ... See more keywords
Acute carpal tunnel syndrome caused by thrombosed persistent median artery associated with bifurcated median nerve in a pregnant woman
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DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2017-221446
Abstract: Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a common form of peripheral nerve entrapment, which is observed due to compression of the median nerve at the level of the carpal tunnel in the wrist. Bifid median nerve… read more here.
Keywords: carpal tunnel; median nerve; persistent median; median artery ... See more keywords
An Anatomic Variant of Persistent Median Artery in Association with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Case Report and Review of the Literature.
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DOI: 10.1142/s0218810417720388
Abstract: The persistent median artery can be a rare cause of carpal tunnel syndrome. We present an anatomic variant of this artery. A 47-year-old female patient with bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome was found to have bilateral… read more here.
Keywords: artery; persistent median; tunnel; tunnel syndrome ... See more keywords
Acute carpal tunnel syndrome from thrombosed persistent median artery in a patient with congenitally absent radial artery.
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DOI: 10.1177/17085381231164472
Abstract: OBJECTIVES Thrombosis of the persistent median artery (PMA) is a rare cause of acute carpal tunnel syndrome (ACTS). Existence of a congenitally absent radial artery in this setting has not been described in the literature.… read more here.
Keywords: tunnel syndrome; artery; acute carpal; median artery ... See more keywords
Persistent Median Artery Thrombosis Causing a Bifid Median Nerve and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
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DOI: 10.2106/jbjs.cc.22.00424
Abstract: Case: In this report, we describe a 41-year-old woman with symptoms concerning for acute carpal tunnel syndrome. Operative exploration resulted in resection of an aneurysmal, thrombosed, persistent median artery seen on preoperative imaging and full… read more here.
Keywords: artery; median artery; carpal tunnel; persistent median ... See more keywords