title: Bilateral thoracic bifurcation of the common carotid artery associated with Klippel-Feil anomaly.
abstract: We report the case of a 72-year-old man with bilateral intrathoracic carotid bifurcations associated with a Klippel-Feil anomaly. The left and right carotid bifurcations were located at levels corresponding to the second and fourth thoracic vertebrae, respectively. A possible association between low carotid bifurcation and the Klippel-Feil anomaly is suggested.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gailloud
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rigamonti
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001027:Aortography; D017536:Carotid Artery, Common / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000098:blood supply; D006801:Humans; D007714:Klippel-Feil Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D013123:Spinal Fusion; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000098:blood supply; D014715:Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery