title: Common carotid trunk and right vertebral artery originating from the right common carotid artery in a patient with carotid stenosis.
abstract: Truncus bicaroticus is a very rare vascular malformation. In this report, we present a very rare anomaly in a patient with left internal carotid artery stenosis together with truncus bicaroticus and right vertebral artery originating from the right common carotid artery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey. muratugurlucan@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ugurlucan
authors.forename: Omer Ali
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Sayin
authors.forename: Benguhan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Surmen
authors.forename: Ufuk
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Alpagut
authors.forename: Enver
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dayioglu
authors.forename: Ertan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Onursal
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017536:Carotid Artery, Common / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging