“…However, it may occasionally persist into adulthood 4,5 . Rarely, PMAs have been found to coexist with a bifid median nerve (BMN) [6][7][8][9][10][11][12] . The presence of a persistent median artery (PMA) has been reported to be associated with the occurrence of compression neuropathy 2,3,5,[13][14][15] -caused directly or secondary to associated pathology of the PMA including calcification, atherosclerosis, and thrombosis [16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24] .…”