High bifurcation of common carotid artery and origin of thyrolingual trunk - a rare case report

High bifurcation of common carotid artery and origin of thyrolingual trunk - a rare case report

In this rare case, found during routine dissection of head and neck in North Bengal Medical College on the right side of the neck, common carotid artery bifurcated at a higher level than usual and 1.25 cm below the bifurcation, gave a common origin of lingual and superior thyroid artery from its med...

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Main Authors: Sudipa Biswas, Suranjali Sharma, Sanjib Kumar Ghosh, Soumya Chakraborty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:National Journal of Clinical Anatomy
Subjects:
lingual artery
anatomical variation
brachiocephalic trunk
Online Access:http://www.njca.info/article.asp?issn=2277-4025;year=2015;volume=4;issue=2;spage=102;epage=104;aulast=Biswas
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spelling doaj-d6b3cfe0b8f6418fa3161702012ed9792021-01-21T13:08:00ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsNational Journal of Clinical Anatomy2277-40252321-27802015-01-014210210410.4103/2277-4025.297300High bifurcation of common carotid artery and origin of thyrolingual trunk - a rare case reportSudipa BiswasSuranjali SharmaSanjib Kumar GhoshSoumya ChakrabortyIn this rare case, found during routine dissection of head and neck in North Bengal Medical College on the right side of the neck, common carotid artery bifurcated at a higher level than usual and 1.25 cm below the bifurcation, gave a common origin of lingual and superior thyroid artery from its medial side (thyorolingual trunk). No such anomaly was noted on the left side. This type of combination of variations has important clinical implications.http://www.njca.info/article.asp?issn=2277-4025;year=2015;volume=4;issue=2;spage=102;epage=104;aulast=Biswaslingual arteryanatomical variationbrachiocephalic trunk
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author Sudipa Biswas
Suranjali Sharma
Sanjib Kumar Ghosh
Soumya Chakraborty
spellingShingle Sudipa Biswas
Suranjali Sharma
Sanjib Kumar Ghosh
Soumya Chakraborty
High bifurcation of common carotid artery and origin of thyrolingual trunk - a rare case report
National Journal of Clinical Anatomy
lingual artery
anatomical variation
brachiocephalic trunk
author_facet Sudipa Biswas
Suranjali Sharma
Sanjib Kumar Ghosh
Soumya Chakraborty
author_sort Sudipa Biswas
title High bifurcation of common carotid artery and origin of thyrolingual trunk - a rare case report
title_short High bifurcation of common carotid artery and origin of thyrolingual trunk - a rare case report
title_full High bifurcation of common carotid artery and origin of thyrolingual trunk - a rare case report
title_fullStr High bifurcation of common carotid artery and origin of thyrolingual trunk - a rare case report
title_full_unstemmed High bifurcation of common carotid artery and origin of thyrolingual trunk - a rare case report
title_sort high bifurcation of common carotid artery and origin of thyrolingual trunk - a rare case report
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series National Journal of Clinical Anatomy
issn 2277-4025
2321-2780
publishDate 2015-01-01
description In this rare case, found during routine dissection of head and neck in North Bengal Medical College on the right side of the neck, common carotid artery bifurcated at a higher level than usual and 1.25 cm below the bifurcation, gave a common origin of lingual and superior thyroid artery from its medial side (thyorolingual trunk). No such anomaly was noted on the left side. This type of combination of variations has important clinical implications.
topic lingual artery
anatomical variation
brachiocephalic trunk
url http://www.njca.info/article.asp?issn=2277-4025;year=2015;volume=4;issue=2;spage=102;epage=104;aulast=Biswas
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