Thyrolingual trunk arising from the common carotid artery identified by three-dimensional computed tomography angiography

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-88

  Iwai, Toshinori ^a   Izumi, Toshiharu ^b   Inoue, Tomio ^b   Maegawa, Jiro ^b   Fuwa, Nobukazu ^c   Mitsudo, Kenji ^a   Tohnai, Iwai ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Southern Tohoku General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Common carotid artery; Three dimensional computed tomography angiography; Thyrolingual trunk; Variation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY ANOMALY; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CASE REPORT; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; LINGUAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR THYROID ARTERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; THYROLINGUAL TRUNK ANOMALOUS ORIGIN; TREATMENT PLANNING; ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FOLLOW UP; MANDIBLE TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; NECK DISSECTION; PATHOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THYROID GLAND; TONGUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MANDIBULAR NEOPLASMS; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROID GLAND; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TONGUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84860675950     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: 12798517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-011-0837-3     Document Type: Article

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