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Origin variations of the superior thyroid, lingual, and facial arteries: a computed tomography angiography study.
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- Anatomical variability of the lingual artery: a comprehensive narrative review with clinical and surgical applications.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2026Review
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- Origin Variants of the Ascending Pharyngeal Artery and Sequential External Carotid Branching Classification.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Anatomical Variations in the Superior Thyroid Artery: A Systematic Review and Implications for Free Flap Surgery.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Anatomical Variables of the Superior Thyroid Artery on Computed Tomography Angiograms.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Long linguofacial trunk with infrahyoid origin.Anatomy & cell biology · 2025Article
- Cadaveric study on the arterial blood supply to the middle third nasal skin: implications for aesthetic and reconstructive surgery.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2024Article
- An ectopic thyrolingual trunk arising from the common carotid artery: a rare variant.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2024Article
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- The Diversity of the Linguofacial Trunk.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
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- Geometric morphometric study of anterior branches of external carotid artery and carotid bifurcation by 3D-CT angiography.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2022Article
- The Journey of the Lingual Artery from the Neck to the Oral Cavity: A Cadaveric Study.Craniomaxillofacial trauma & reconstruction · 2022Article
- Anatomical Variations in the Origin of the Lingual Artery in the Kenyan Population.Craniomaxillofacial trauma & reconstruction · 2022Article
- Bilateral higher carotid termination with rare anomalous emergence of ventral branches of the external carotid arteries: A cadaver study.SAGE open medical case reports · 2022Article
- Right External Carotid Artery Originated Right Superior Thyroid Artery in Cadavers of a Medical College in Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study.JNMA; journal of the Nepal Medical Association · 2021Article
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Abstract
purposeTo determine the anatomical variations and morphology of the external carotid artery (ECA) and its anterior branches.
methodsUsing computed tomography angiography (CTA), the origin, internal diameter, and surface laterality emergence of the superior thyroid (STA), lingual (LA), and facial (FA) arteries were evaluated retrospectively evaluated and classified. The bifurcation level of the common carotid artery (CCA) in relation to the cervical vertebrae and disc was also determined.
resultsA total of 76 CTA were included in the study. STA originated from the carotid bifurcation (CB) (type I), CCA (type II) and ECA (type III) in 20.4 (31/152), 17.1 (26/152) and 50.7% (77/152) cases, respectively. Also 10.5% (16/152) arose from a shared trunk with LA as a thyrolingual trunk (TLT) (type IVa), and absent in 1.3% (2/152). LA originated in the CB in only one case. A linguofacial trunk (LFT) was present in 14.5% (22/152). Mean diameters of STA, LA and FA were 1.70, 1.95 and 2.45 mm, respectively. Meanwhile, surface laterality were predominately from anteromedial, medial, and anterior, respectively. CB was mainly on C3 or C3-C4 (55.9% of cases).
conclusionsSTA origin below the ECA is a common finding. Our population presented the highest percentage of TLT (10.5%) and high CB (9.8%) in literature. Considering these variations are important to prevent complications in neck surgical procedures.
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