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Axillary arch: detailed ultrasonographic images with multiplanar CT correlation

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The axillary arch is a common but rarely recognized anatomical variant of the axillary musculature. We report the first detailed presentation of the ultrasonographic features of the axillary arch and a correlation of these findings with multiplanar reformation CT images incorporating a schematic anatomical diagram in a 44-year-old woman complaining of a palpable non-tender mass in the axillary region due to a unilateral axillary arch. The clinical significance of the axillary arch is discussed.

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All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2008 (5). This retrospective study was approved by our institutional review board and informed consent was waived.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 222 Banpo-daero, Seocho-gu, Seoul, 137-701, Korea

    Hyun Joo Hong, Dae Hee Han & Myeong Im Ahn

  2. Department of Radiology, S-neurosurgery Clinic, 181-3 Jamsil-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, Korea

    Na Jung Choi

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Hong, H.J., Choi, N.J., Han, D.H. et al. Axillary arch: detailed ultrasonographic images with multiplanar CT correlation. J Med Ultrasonics 42, 121–125 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10396-014-0563-7

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