Giacomini’s vein – a report on the invaluable importance of an anomalous short saphenous vein
Veia de Giacomini: um relato sobre a importância inestimável de veia safena parva anômala
Abdalla Ahmed Eldaw Elamin; Naveen Kumar; Vijay Paul Samuel; Kumar Megur Ramakrishna Bhat
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Variações na drenagem (terminação) e curso das veias dos membros inferiores não são incomuns. No caso vascular relatado, ao dissecar o membro inferior esquerdo de um cadáver adulto do sexo masculino, foi observado um tipo único de veia safena parva (VSP) unilateral. Verificou-se que a VSP tinha origem e curso normais no dorso do pé e na traseira da perna, respectivamente. É mais comum a VSP terminar na veia poplítea, localizada na fossa poplítea. No caso relatado, ela se estendia para cima até a parte posterior da coxa, passando por trás e profundamente no nervo ciático e no músculo isquiotibial, finalizando nas veias da coxa. A VSP não penetra nenhuma estrutura no seu curso; portanto, não é provável que esta veia incomum esteja associada a veias varicosas da VSP. Para cirurgiões gerais, plásticos, cardiotorácicos e vasculares, nosso caso é de extrema importância.
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Submitted date:
03/03/2024
Accepted date:
05/20/2024
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