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The arm has two compartments, anterior and posterior. The medial aspect of the arm is the area occupied by the neurovascular bundle of the arm, proceeding from the area of the axilla to that of the elbow. Tumors can arise from the tissues within the neurovascular bundle, or tumors in the anterior or posterior compartment can encroach upon the area of the neurovascular bundle. It is therefore important to be familiar with the dissection and exposure of the neurovascular bundle in medial arm.
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Karakousis, C.P. (2015). Tumor in the Medial Arm. In: Atlas of Operative Procedures in Surgical Oncology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1634-4_9
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