Common carotid trunk and right vertebral artery originating from the right common carotid artery in a patient with carotid stenosis.
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.
Ugurlucan
Murat
M
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey. muratugurlucan@yahoo.com
Sayin
Omer Ali
OA
Surmen
Benguhan
B
Alpagut
Ufuk
U
Dayioglu
Enver
E
Onursal
Ertan
E
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