Bilateral Lower Cervical Bifurcation of the Common Carotid Artery
Lower cervical bifurcation of cervical common carotid artery (CCA) is a very rarely encountered anatomic variation. Knowing the normal vascular anatomy and also its anomalies is important in preventing the vascular complications. Ill-defined vascular anomalies may lead to massive hemorrhage and eve...
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| author | Lokman Uzun Numan Kokten Adem Kilicaslan Bulent Tasel M. Tayyar Kalcioglu Muhammet Tekin |
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| description | Lower cervical bifurcation of cervical common carotid artery (CCA) is a very rarely encountered anatomic variation. Knowing the normal vascular anatomy and also its anomalies is important in preventing the vascular complications. Ill-defined vascular anomalies may lead to massive hemorrhage and eventually death during head and neck surgery. Imaging of the neck by magnetic resonance Imaging (MRI), CT, or angiography is helpful for diagnosis. We present a 62-year-old male patient diagnosed with laryngeal carcinoma who had been treated. His MRI revealed bilateral low-level bifurcation of the cervical common carotid arteries as well as tumor localization and its boundaries. Total laryngectomy and right selective neck dissection was performed to the patient with the diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx. During the neck dissection, carotid bifurcation was detected in common border of Level 3 and Level 4 of the neck. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b8489d144d774a8f8b79d8e9ad1986b42025-02-03T06:13:20ZengWileyCase Reports in Otolaryngology2090-67652090-67732013-01-01201310.1155/2013/894804894804Bilateral Lower Cervical Bifurcation of the Common Carotid ArteryLokman Uzun0Numan Kokten1Adem Kilicaslan2Bulent Tasel3M. Tayyar Kalcioglu4Muhammet Tekin5Department of ORL, Head & Neck Surgery, Istanbul Medeniyet University, School of Medicine, Goztepe Research and Training Hospital, Dr. Erkin Caddesi, Kadikoy, 34730 Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of ORL, Head & Neck Surgery, Istanbul Medeniyet University, School of Medicine, Goztepe Research and Training Hospital, Dr. Erkin Caddesi, Kadikoy, 34730 Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of ORL, Head & Neck Surgery, Istanbul Medeniyet University, School of Medicine, Goztepe Research and Training Hospital, Dr. Erkin Caddesi, Kadikoy, 34730 Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Radiology, Istanbul Medeniyet University, School of Medicine, Goztepe Research and Training Hospital, TurkeyDepartment of ORL, Head & Neck Surgery, Istanbul Medeniyet University, School of Medicine, Goztepe Research and Training Hospital, Dr. Erkin Caddesi, Kadikoy, 34730 Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of ORL, Head & Neck Surgery, Istanbul Medeniyet University, School of Medicine, Goztepe Research and Training Hospital, Dr. Erkin Caddesi, Kadikoy, 34730 Istanbul, TurkeyLower cervical bifurcation of cervical common carotid artery (CCA) is a very rarely encountered anatomic variation. Knowing the normal vascular anatomy and also its anomalies is important in preventing the vascular complications. Ill-defined vascular anomalies may lead to massive hemorrhage and eventually death during head and neck surgery. Imaging of the neck by magnetic resonance Imaging (MRI), CT, or angiography is helpful for diagnosis. We present a 62-year-old male patient diagnosed with laryngeal carcinoma who had been treated. His MRI revealed bilateral low-level bifurcation of the cervical common carotid arteries as well as tumor localization and its boundaries. Total laryngectomy and right selective neck dissection was performed to the patient with the diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx. During the neck dissection, carotid bifurcation was detected in common border of Level 3 and Level 4 of the neck.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/894804 |
| spellingShingle | Lokman Uzun Numan Kokten Adem Kilicaslan Bulent Tasel M. Tayyar Kalcioglu Muhammet Tekin Bilateral Lower Cervical Bifurcation of the Common Carotid Artery Case Reports in Otolaryngology |
| title | Bilateral Lower Cervical Bifurcation of the Common Carotid Artery |
| title_full | Bilateral Lower Cervical Bifurcation of the Common Carotid Artery |
| title_fullStr | Bilateral Lower Cervical Bifurcation of the Common Carotid Artery |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bilateral Lower Cervical Bifurcation of the Common Carotid Artery |
| title_short | Bilateral Lower Cervical Bifurcation of the Common Carotid Artery |
| title_sort | bilateral lower cervical bifurcation of the common carotid artery |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/894804 |
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