Laterally positioned external carotid arteries: Two cadaveric case reports
Anatomical variations in the carotid vasculature are clinically significant due to their implications for various surgical procedures and their potential to produce a range of symptoms. This case report highlights two notable variations observed during routine cadaveric dissections. In both cases, t...
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| description | Anatomical variations in the carotid vasculature are clinically significant due to their implications for various surgical procedures and their potential to produce a range of symptoms. This case report highlights two notable variations observed during routine cadaveric dissections. In both cases, the external carotid artery was positioned laterally. Both cases presented the superior thyroid artery and superior laryngeal artery branching at the level of the carotid bifurcation; one case showed both arteries originating directly from the bifurcation, while the other case exhibited the typical branching pattern where the superior laryngeal artery branches from the superior thyroid artery. One case also included a high carotid bifurcation above the typical location at the superior border of the thyroid cartilage. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2788bf7461ec402b81ae7b376cd0de7e2025-01-24T04:45:15ZengElsevierTranslational Research in Anatomy2214-854X2025-03-0138100381Laterally positioned external carotid arteries: Two cadaveric case reportsKara Coffman-Rea0Skylar Arwood1Karen E. Samonds2Dylan J. Fuchs3Julia P. Negrin4Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, 1425 W. Lincoln Hwy, DeKalb, Illinois, 60115, USA; Corresponding author.Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, 1425 W. Lincoln Hwy, DeKalb, Illinois, 60115, USADepartment of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, 1425 W. Lincoln Hwy, DeKalb, Illinois, 60115, USAAmerican University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, 1 University Drive at, Jordan Dr, Cupecoy, Sint MaartenAmerican University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, 1 University Drive at, Jordan Dr, Cupecoy, Sint MaartenAnatomical variations in the carotid vasculature are clinically significant due to their implications for various surgical procedures and their potential to produce a range of symptoms. This case report highlights two notable variations observed during routine cadaveric dissections. In both cases, the external carotid artery was positioned laterally. Both cases presented the superior thyroid artery and superior laryngeal artery branching at the level of the carotid bifurcation; one case showed both arteries originating directly from the bifurcation, while the other case exhibited the typical branching pattern where the superior laryngeal artery branches from the superior thyroid artery. One case also included a high carotid bifurcation above the typical location at the superior border of the thyroid cartilage.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214854X24001055Anatomical variationCarotid arterial complexCarotid bifurcationExternal carotid arteryInternal carotid arterySuperior laryngeal artery |
| spellingShingle | Kara Coffman-Rea Skylar Arwood Karen E. Samonds Dylan J. Fuchs Julia P. Negrin Laterally positioned external carotid arteries: Two cadaveric case reports Translational Research in Anatomy Anatomical variation Carotid arterial complex Carotid bifurcation External carotid artery Internal carotid artery Superior laryngeal artery |
| title | Laterally positioned external carotid arteries: Two cadaveric case reports |
| title_full | Laterally positioned external carotid arteries: Two cadaveric case reports |
| title_fullStr | Laterally positioned external carotid arteries: Two cadaveric case reports |
| title_full_unstemmed | Laterally positioned external carotid arteries: Two cadaveric case reports |
| title_short | Laterally positioned external carotid arteries: Two cadaveric case reports |
| title_sort | laterally positioned external carotid arteries two cadaveric case reports |
| topic | Anatomical variation Carotid arterial complex Carotid bifurcation External carotid artery Internal carotid artery Superior laryngeal artery |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214854X24001055 |
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