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ArticleSurgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA2024

An ectopic thyrolingual trunk arising from the common carotid artery: a rare variant.

George Tsakotos, George Triantafyllou, Marianna Vlychou, Katerina Vassiou, Theodosis Kalamatianos, Maria Piagkou

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George Tsakotos *Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 75 Mikras Asias str., Goudi, Athens, 11527, Greece.
George Triantafyllou *Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 75 Mikras Asias str., Goudi, Athens, 11527, Greece.
Marianna VlychouDepartment of Radiology, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, University Hospital of Larissa, Volos, Greece.
Katerina VassiouDepartment of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece.
Theodosis KalamatianosDepartment of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Maria PiagkouDepartment of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 75 Mikras Asias str., Goudi, Athens, 11527, Greece. piagkoumara@gmail.com.

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Abstract

The common carotid artery (CCA) typically bifurcates into the external and internal carotid arteries (ECA and ICA). In the head and neck area, the ECA gives off a few anterior branches from proximal to distal: the superior thyroid artery (STA), the lingual artery (LA), and the facial artery (FA). Occasionally, these branches can fuse into trunks, with the linguofacial trunk being the most common. During a computed tomography angiography (CTA) of a 67-year-old patient, a common arterial trunk, 11.3 mm proximal (prior) to the CCA bifurcation was recorded. The trunk was formed by the STA and the LA fusion and was characterized as a thyrolingual trunk (TLT). These trunks have been reported with a prevalence ranging between 0.3 and 1% and correspond to one of the rarest variants of the ECA anterior branches. Knowledge of the typical and variant anatomy of the carotid arteries and their branches is of paramount importance to surgeons and interventional radiologists.

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Anatomic VariationCarotid Artery, CommonComputed Tomography AngiographyAgedHumansThyroid GlandFusionLingual arterySuperior thyroid arteryThyrolingual trunkVariation

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