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Summary
The internal thoracic artery (ITA) is the largest thoracic wall artery and is clinically important primarily for use in coronary artery bypass grafting. A number of anatomic variants of the ITA have been reported; however, bilateral, aberrant lateral branches of the ITA never have. The importance of this finding lies in the positioning of the artery at a potential chest tube insertion site. Here, we report the identification, on CT scan, of this rare variation in a young male trauma patient.
- radiology
- cardiothoracic surgery
- plastic and reconstructive surgery
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Contributors KRB and ND both contributed equally to the creation of this manuscript, specifically, to the conceptualisation, drafting and revision of this manuscript.
Competing interests None declared.
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