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ArticleSurgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA2025

The lingual-facial-ascending pharyngeal trunk.

George Triantafyllou, Panagiotis Papadopoulos-Manolarakis, Rǎzvan-Costin Tudose, Mugurel Constantin Rusu, George Tsakotos, Maria Piagkou

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Article in Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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George TriantafyllouDepartment of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 75 Mikras Asias str, Goudi, Athens, 11527, Greece.
Panagiotis Papadopoulos-ManolarakisDepartment of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 75 Mikras Asias str, Goudi, Athens, 11527, Greece.
Rǎzvan-Costin TudoseDivision of Anatomy, Department 1, Faculty of Dentistry, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania.
Mugurel Constantin RusuDivision of Anatomy, Department 1, Faculty of Dentistry, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania.
George TsakotosDepartment of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 75 Mikras Asias str, Goudi, Athens, 11527, 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. mapian@med.uoa.gr.

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Abstract

Though small, the ascending pharyngeal artery (APA) is surgically significant due to its proximity to the internal carotid artery (ICA) and supply to critical neurovascular structures. We present a unique arterial variant identified by computed tomography angiography (CTA) in a 52-year-old male. On the left side, the APA originated in common with a short linguofacial trunk (LFT) that further gave rise to the lingual and facial arteries (LA and FA), forming a trifurcated LA-FA-APA trunk. On the right side, an independent LFT was present, with the APA originating separately from the external carotid artery (ECA). CTA with three-dimensional reconstruction is essential for detecting rare vascular configurations and should be part of the preoperative evaluation for head and neck surgeries and endovascular procedures.

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Anatomic VariationArteriesFacePharynxTongueCarotid Artery, ExternalCarotid Artery, InternalComputed Tomography AngiographyHumansImaging, Three-DimensionalMaleMiddle AgedAnatomyAscending pharyngeal arteryCommon trunkExternal carotid arteryFacial arteryLingual arteryVariation

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