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Ascending palatine branch from the lingual artery with multiple other variations of the external carotid artery
Affiliations- College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
- Department of Neurosurgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, United States
- Department of Periodontology, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
- Department of Neurology, Tulane Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, United States
- Department of Anatomical Sciences, St. George’s University, St. George’s, Grenada, West Indies
- Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, United States
- Department of Neurosurgery and Ochsner Neuroscience Institute, Ochsner Health System, New Orleans, LA, United States
- Department of Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, United States
- Dental and Oral Medical Centre, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
- Division of Gross and Clinical Anatomy, Department of Anatomy, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
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Abstract
The external carotid artery (ECA) is the major blood supply for structures in the head and neck. Typically, it has 8 separate branches; but there are many anatomical variations, making it difficult to predict surgical outcomes and complications without 3-dimensional imaging. This case study focuses on a cadaver with multiple anatomical variations in the ECA, i.e., lingual, facial, occipital, ascending pharyngeal, and posterior auricular arteries, found during routine dissection of the right cadaveric neck. We also discuss the incidences of several other anatomical variations of the ECA branches and their surgical implications and potential complications.
Abstract
The external carotid artery (ECA) is the major blood supply for structures in the head and neck. Typically, it has 8 separate branches; but there are many anatomical variations, making it difficult to predict surgical outcomes and complications without 3-dimensional imaging. This case study focuses on a cadaver with multiple anatomical variations in the ECA, i.e., lingual, facial, occipital, ascending pharyngeal, and posterior auricular arteries, found during routine dissection of the right cadaveric neck. We also discuss the incidences of several other anatomical variations of the ECA branches and their surgical implications and potential complications.
Keywords
lingofacial trunk, external carotid artery, anatomy, variation, cadaver
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Ascending palatine branch from the lingual artery with multiple other variations of the external carotid artery
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Case report
Pages
205-210
Published online
2021-11-16
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Bibliographic record
Folia Morphol 2023;82(1):205-210.
Keywords
lingofacial trunk
external carotid artery
anatomy
variation
cadaver
Authors
C. Escoffier
D. Hage
T. Tanaka
R. S. Tubbs
J. Iwanaga
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