“…Olave observed it running through the carpal tunnel in 3 of 102 dissections with a diameter of 1.8 to 1.9 mm. 5,6 We believe that in our case, the vessel encountered is an anomalous superficial palmar branch of the radial artery. However, in contrast with those described above, the normal continuation of the radial artery was vestigial resulting in a large-diameter artery within the carpal tunnel.…”