Mahmut CAY, Evren KOSE, Songul CUGLAN, Davut OZBAG, Deniz SENOL

Variation of axillopectoral muscle and surgical importance: a case report

M. axillopectoralis (MAP) farklı çalışmalarda, farklı isimlerle incelenen ve varyasyonu görülen bir kastır. Rutin olarak gerçekleştirilen diseksiyon çalışmalarında, 35-40 yaşlarındaki erkek kadavranın sol fossa axillaris'de, m. latissimus dorsi kasından orjin almış m. pectoralis major'e tutunan bir ark tespit edildi. Bu bölgede bulunan a. axillaris, v. axillaris ve plexus brachialis'in uç dallarının bu arkın altından geçtiği belirlendi. MAP, fossa axillaris bölgesinde cerrahi müdehale yapacak olan cerrahlar için klinik ve morfolojik öneme sahiptir. Bu yüzden cerrahlar bu kas yapısının bu bölgede olma ihtimalini göz önünde bulundurması gerekmektedir

Musculus axillopectoralis'in varyasyonu ve cerrahi önemi: bir vaka raporu

M. axillopectoralis (MAP) has been examined under different names and variations in different studies. In routinely conducted dissection studies, an arch holding onto great pectoral muscle originating from latissimus dorsi muscle was detected in the left fossa axillaris of a male cadaver aged 35-40. It was determined that the end branches of a. axillaris, v. axillaris, and plexus brachialis existing in that area passed through the underneath of that arch. MAP has a clinical and morphological importance for those surgeons that are to make surgical interventions in the fossa axillaris area. Thus, surgeons are required to consider the probability of such muscle structures in this area

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