Atypical course of nervus axillaris.
OBJECTIVE
Aberrations observed during surgical therapy has inspired us to investigate the variations of nervus axillaris formation.


METHODS
100 brachial plexuses in 50 cadavers were examined for the incidence the variations of nervus axillaris.


RESULTS
In 1 case (2%) we observed the aberration of nervus axillaris formation.


CONCLUSIONS
This study identifies and describes an exceptional anatomical variation--beginning n. axillaris as the continuance of the posterior branch of the upper trunk (Fig. 1, Ref. 2).
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Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia. bll@fmed.uniba.sk
D001132:Arm / Q000294:innervation*; D001917:Brachial Plexus / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans