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- Title
Superior and middle thyroid arteries arising from the common carotid artery.
- Authors
Hyung-Sun Won; Seung-Ho Han; Chang-Seok Oh; In-Hyuk Chung
- Abstract
We report a rare case of a left middle thyroid artery in a 71-year-old male cadaver. The middle thyroid artery arose from the anterior surface of the left common carotid artery. This artery ran anteroinferiorly and then bifurcated as it entered the lower lateral part of the left thyroid lobe. Both the right and left superior thyroid arteries arose from the common carotid arteries below the carotid bifurcation. The presence of a middle thyroid artery may cause unexpected bleeding during thyroid or neck surgery, and this rare variation needs to be kept in mind during the surgery.
- Subjects
CASE studies; MEDICAL cadavers; CAROTID artery; THYROIDECTOMY; HUMAN dissection; NECK surgery
- Publication
Surgical & Radiologic Anatomy, 2011, Vol 33, Issue 7, p645
- ISSN
0930-1038
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00276-011-0781-2