Variant origin of superior thyroid artery, occipital artery and ascending pharyngeal artery from a common trunk from the cervical segment of internal carotid artery

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 650-653

  Aggarwal, Nilesh R ^a   Krishnamoorthy, Thamburaj ^a   Devasia, Bobby ^a   Menon, Girish ^a   Chandrasekhar, Kesavadas ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Ascending pharyngeal artery; Cervical segment of internal carotid artery; Occipital artery; Superior thyroid artery; Variant origin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTERY MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ARTERY FLOW; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

CAROTID ARTERY, EXTERNAL; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PHARYNX; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 33845322265     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-006-0145-5     Document Type: Article

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