Reporte de caso: bifurcación alta de la arteria braquial encontrada durante una disección cadavérica

Abstract

It is not unusual to find anatomical variations in the human body and with these, the appearance of important clinical implications during the study and treatment of a disease. We currently know that the brachial artery originates as a continuation of the axillary artery, and that its branches conduct and provide blood supply to the upper limb. Ignoring the possibility that a variation such as the high bifurcation of the brachial artery could exist, could lead to the occurrence of an injury, in this case, of said artery during a medical or surgical intervention, and indirectly, of the structures that are supplied by it. Therefore, it is important that, students and professionals in health sciences during their training in anatomy laboratories and in their professional clinical practice, do not forget the existence of the most common anatomical variations and the clinical implications that they would entail.