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Bilateral thyrolinguofacial trunk: unusual and rare branching pattern of external carotid artery

  • Baxla, Monica (Department of Anatomy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences) ;
  • Kumari, Chiman (Department of Anatomy, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences and Research) ;
  • Kaler, Saroj (Department of Anatomy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences)
  • Received : 2018.06.28
  • Accepted : 2018.07.18
  • Published : 2018.12.30
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Abstract

Prior knowledge of arterial supply to the head and neck is of substantial importance for well-planned surgeries involving the concerned region. We are reporting an unusual and rare variation in the branching pattern of external carotid artery in a 60-year-old female cadaver. A common trunk known as thyrolinguofacial trunk, originating from the anterior surface of the external carotid artery (right and left) giving of superior thyroid artery and a linguofacial trunk during a routine neck dissection. The linguofacial trunk then divided into a lingual and a facial artery. Vascular abnormalities are usually detected either on the dissection table or by the radiologists during imaging or accidently during surgeries leading to serious consequences.

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