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A Review of the T2 Segment of the Brachial Plexus Loukas M, El-Zammar D, Tubbs R S, Apaydin N, Louis Jr R G, Wartman C, Shoja M M Review Article Singapore Med J 2010; 51(6) : 464 A review of the T2 segment of the brachial plexus Loukas M, El-Zammar D, Tubbs R S, Apaydin N, Louis Jr R G, Wartman C, Shoja M M ABSTRACT is a complex network of nerves formed by the union of the Although the complex architecture of the cervical and thoracic spinal cord roots. From its origin in brachial plexus (BP) has been described for the posterior triangle of the neck, the BP passes distally to decades, recent literature still aims to elucidate the upper extremity, dividing into rami, trunks, divisions, Department of the variation in nerve root contributions to the cords and terminal nerve branches. At the medial surface Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine, BP. Understanding this variability in the nerve of the middle scalene muscle, the C5 and C6 ventral rami St George’s University, Grenada, morphology of the BP may assist physicians and join to form the superior trunk of the plexus, the C7 ramus West Indies surgeons in the diagnosis and management of continues as the middle trunk, and the C8 and T1 rami join Loukas M, MD, PhD certain clinical conditions that involve the BP, to form the inferior trunk. Reaching the lateral border of Professor either directly or indirectly due to its close the first rib, the trunks of the BP branch into anterior and El-Zammar D, MSc association with neighbouring structures. In posterior divisions, also recognised functionally as the Department of this article, we review the current anatomical flexor and extensor divisions, respectively. The divisions Neurosurgery, University of Virginia, knowledge of the BP, focusing especially on its further separate into cords. The lateral cord is formed by School of Medicine, Charlottesville, T2 contribution, and discuss the causes and the union of the superior and middle trunks, the posterior VA 22908, consequences of some relevant BP pathologies. cord, by the posterior divisions of all three trunks and USA the medial cord, by the anterior division of the inferior Louis Jr RG, MD Keywords: brachial plexus, intercostobrachial trunk. From the three cords arise terminal branches, two Department of Paediatric plexus, neuropathies, upper limb main terminal branches and a varying number of smaller Neurosurgery, Singapore Med J 2010; 51(6): 464-467 branches from each cord. The lateral cord terminates as Children’s Hospital, 1600 7th Avenue the musculocutaneous nerve and contributes the lateral South, Birmingham, INTRODUCTION root of the median nerve. The posterior cord terminates AL 35233, Variations in the architecture of the brachial plexus (BP) as the axillary and radial nerves. Finally, the medial USA have often been observed, and terms such as cephalic cord terminates as the ulnar nerve and medial root of the Tubbs RS, PhD (6) and caudal, high and low, or prefixed and postfixed have median nerve. Also arising from various components Department of (1) Anatomy, been used to refer to the nerve composition of the BP. of the BP are intermediary branches which include the Ankara University One of the most common variations is the contributions dorsal scapular nerve arising from the fifth cervical nerve School of Medicine, Ankara 06100, from the C4 and T2 roots, which are also referred to as a to supply rhomboids and sometimes, the levator scapulae; Turkey prefixed and postfixed BP, respectively. The most typical the long thoracic nerve arising from C5–C7 rami to supply Apaydin N, MD, PhD description of the BP involves the union of the ventral rami the serratus anterior; the suprascapular nerve arising Department of of C5–C8 cervical nerves with most of the ventral ramus from the upper trunk with contributions from C5 and C6 Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, of T1. Often, C4 provides a branch to C5, and T2 may to supply the supraspinatus and infraspinatus muscles; University of (2) Maryland Medical communicate with T1. What remains unclear regarding the nerve to the subclavius muscle also arises from the Centre, this arrangement is the extent of the contributions from C4 upper trunk; the lateral pectoral nerve arises from the Baltimore, MD 21201, and T2. In this article, we review the anatomy of the BP lateral cord with contributions from C5–C7 to supply USA with emphasis on recent investigations into the anatomical the pectoralis major; the medial antebrachial cutaneous Wartman C, MD communications between T2 and the BP. We also consider nerve (with contributions from C8 and T1), the medial Department of the possible implications of this T2 contribution in brachial cutaneous nerve (with contributions from T1 Internal Medicine, University of Tabriz, brachial plexopathies, BP anaesthetic blocks and other via the intercostobrachial nerve) and the medial pectoral Tabriz, Iran surgical procedures involving the axillary region. nerve (with contributions from C8 and T1) arise from the medial cord to supply the skin over the distal medial Shoja MM, MD ANATOMY arm, the skin over the proximal medial forearm and the Correspondence to: Dr Marios Loukas Standard anatomy textbooks provide a typical short pectoralis major and minor muscles, respectively; and Tel: (473) 444 4175 description of the BP.(3-5) Localised between the first rib finally, the thoracodorsal nerve (with contributions from Fax: (473) 444 2887 Email: edsg2000@ and the clavicle in the region of the thoracic outlet, the BP C5–C8) and the upper and lower subscapular nerves (with yahoo.com Singapore Med J 2010; 51(6) : 465 Subclavian Artery Thyrocervical Trunk T1 Left Subclavian Artery Communicating Thyrocervical Sympathetic Chain Branch Trunk Intercostal Arteries Sympathetic Communicating Chain Branch T1 Intercostal Artery Communicating Fig. 1 Photograph shows a cadaveric hemithorax from the left Branch side. The lungs and endothoracic fascia have been removed to expose the neurovascular bundles. The subclavian artery is evident, giving off the thyrocervical trunk with several intercostal arteries. The T1, T2 and T3 spinal nerves are exposed with an evident Fig. 2 Schematic representation of the communicating branch communicating branch between T2 and T1. between T2 and T1 shows the left hemithorax. The lungs and endothoracic fascia have been removed to expose the neurovascular bundles. The subclavian artery is evident, giving off the thyrocervical trunk with several intercostal arteries. contributions from C5 and C6) arise from the posterior cord to supply the latissimus dorsi, the subscapularis muscle and teres major, respectively.(7) the schema of the BP further to include communicating Despite the aforementioned typical representation branches between T2 and the BP in 100% of the specimens. of the BP, several authors have attempted to validate The authors classified these communicating branches as the degree of T2 contribution to the BP, which would intrathoracic and extrathoracic based on their point of origin. broaden the textbook description of the C5 to T1 input Intrathoracically, they observed that in 17.3% (n = 26) of into the BP. Kerr reported a postfixed plexus in 30% the specimens, communicating branches always originate of his specimens.(1) Other researchers have obtained from the ventral primary ramus of T2 and travel distally variable results in the incidence of postfixed plexuses. towards T1; a finding that, to the authors’ knowledge, had Cunningham identified a postfixed plexus in 72% of not been previously reported in the literature (Figs. 1 & cases,(8) and Testut identified the contribution of T2 to 2).(18) In addition, Loukas et al described that extrathoracic the BP.(9) Paterson identified a postfixed plexus in 33% communications occur in 86% (n = 129) of the specimens, of cases,(10) Harman, in 58.33% of cases,(11) Hirasawa, arising from either the intercostobrachial nerve (ICBN) or in 16.5% of cases,(12) Brunelli and Brunelli, in 30% one of its branches and communicating with the medial of cases,(13) Bonnel, in 4% of cases(14) and Uysal et al, cord (35.6%, n = 46), medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve in 2.5% of cases.(15) Slingluff et al also identified the (25.5%, n = 33), or posterior antebrachial cutaneous nerve contribution to the BP by T2 and highlighted recurring (24%, n = 31).(18) Furthermore, the majority of specimens patterns in the microanatomical organisation of both (68.2%, n = 88) among these extrathoracic communications prefixed and postfixed plexuses.(16) On the other hand, were observed to have only one extrathoracic branch, Aldolphi found T2 to be included in 73% of the plexuses while the others (31.7%, n = 41) exhibited two branches. that he examined.(17) Nevertheless, Aldolphi refuted the The authors concluded that all of the specimens contained existence of a communication between T1 and T2 nerves, a communicating branch between T2 and the BP, as attributing such an occurrence to variations associated those axillae lacking an extrathoracic contribution from with the caudal displacement of the BP.(17) With regard to the ICBN were always found to possess an intrathoracic his own findings, Kerr claimed to have studied the caudal communication.(18) In another report, Loukas et al studied distribution of the BP in a limited number of specimens, the ICBN and its branching pattern in greater detail and and acknowledged that he was not able to find any reports described that in 25% (n = 50) of the specimens, the ICBN where the C4 nerve entered the BP and the T2 nerve did originated from T2 and provided a branch to the medial not.(1) We can thus speculate that Kerr did not find any cord of the brachial plexus.(19) Whether the communicating reports to confirm or deny the invariable contribution of branch between the BP and T2 represents BP branching T2 to the BP. or a T2 contribution to the BP is yet to be determined. In More recent studies by Loukas et al have expanded 1999, O’Rourke et al analysed the ICBN in 14 cadavers, Singapore Med J 2010; 51(6) : 466 and reported communications with the BP in ten axillae.(20) importance of the intercostobrachial nerve in providing Moreover, they noted that all the branches were from the communication to the BP.
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