Lingual and Facial Arteries Arising from the External Carotid Artery in a Common Trunk

The present study describes analytically a rare case in which lingual and facial arteries arise together from an external carotid artery in a common trunk. Thirty anatomic dissections were performed on 15 cadavers in the macroscopic laboratory in the Department of Anatomy of the Medical School of Na...

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Published in:The American surgeon 2011-02, Vol.77 (2), p.151-154
Main Authors: TROUPIS, Theodore G, DIMITROULIS, Dimitrios, PARASCHOS, Alexandros, MICHALINOS, Adamantios, PROTOGEROU, Vassilis, VLASIS, Konstantinos, TROUPIS, George, SKANDALAKIS, Panayiotis
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Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Carotid Artery, External - anatomy & histology
Dissection
Face - blood supply
General aspects
Humans
Medical sciences
Neck - blood supply
Surgery
Textbooks
Tongue - blood supply
Veins & arteries
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Summary:The present study describes analytically a rare case in which lingual and facial arteries arise together from an external carotid artery in a common trunk. Thirty anatomic dissections were performed on 15 cadavers in the macroscopic laboratory in the Department of Anatomy of the Medical School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. One common trunk from which originated lingual and facial arteries was found. The frequency of this morphology is measured at 6 per cent. The length of the common trunk is measured at 7.3 mm between its origin and its diversion at the facial artery and lingual artery, its diameter at 2.8 mm, its distance from carotid bifurcation at 7.9 mm, and from the superior thyroid artery at 3.3 mm. At the left side of the neck region, facial and lingual arteries arose separately. The anatomic variations of the branching pattern of the external carotid artery and the micrometric values of the vessels are especially important as a result of the numerous operations performed in the neck region that implicate various specialties such as general surgery, head and neck surgery, plastic surgery, and maxillofacial surgery.
ISSN:0003-1348
1555-9823
DOI:10.1177/000313481107700211