Left vertebral artery and 1 case of thoracic duct variation.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 5 Left vertebral artery and 1 case of thoracic duct variation Of: Tsai Yulong, Wujiang red, Ji Li, Xing Zhu Hong [Keywords:] vertebral artery, thoracic duct, the variation Variation of vertebral artery origin after another has been reported in recent years, the variations include the Ministry of the vertebral artery and its acts of variation, diameter, number of variations, as well as hypoplastic vertebral artery, branches, consistent with such variation. National data show that originated in the aortic arch 3.2% ~ 4.2%, mainly the left vertebral artery [1]. vertebral artery variations likely to cause changes in the basilar artery diseases occur, resulting in the corresponding clinical symptoms. of 6 in the anatomy of a 7-year-old male children specimens, it was found that the specimen from the left vertebral artery from the aortic arch, abnormal thoracic duct diameter thick. carefully walked the line and adjacent to observe, measure its diameter, and take pictures with a digital camera, are all clinical cardiovascular imaging, such as cardiac surgery to provide reference. 1 Materials and Methods 10% formalin fixed 6 to 7-year-old male cadaver one. Anatomic revealed left vertebral artery, thoracic duct. Observation artery, thoracic duct, travel and distribution, with a vernier caliper (accuracy 0.1 mm measured from the vertebral artery starting point and the thoracic duct diameter (full diameter crushed. 2 Results 2.1 Variation of the left vertebral artery Under normal circumstances from the left vertebral artery from the left subclavian artery, upstream along the inside of the pleural angle before the top front of the drawing in the upper six cervical transverse foramen, the foramen magnum into the skull. The specimens from the left vertebral artery Since the aortic arch (Figure 1, the specific circumstances described as follows: in section 2 thoracic plane, in the aortic arch, showing four branches of the left subc