title: Non-bifurcating cervical carotid artery.
abstract: Three cases of an extremely rare anomaly of the carotid artery are described herein. In these patients, the common carotid arteries, without bifurcation in the cervical portion, supplied multiple arterial branches, which are more commonly branches of the external carotid artery. The non-bifurcating carotid artery continued into the cranium as a normal internal carotid artery. This anomaly can be attributed to a maldevelopment of the vascular network during embryogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, National Defense Medical College, 3-2 Namiki, Tokorozawa, Saitama 359-8513, Japan.
authors.forename: Hidetoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ooigawa
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nawashiro
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fukui
authors.forename: Nobusuke
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tsuzuki
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Katoh
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawaguchi
authors.forename: Yoshiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: Masanori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsutsumi
authors.forename: Teruaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawano
authors.forename: Katsuji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shima
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply*; D017536:Carotid Artery, Common / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002342:Carotid Artery, External / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002426:Cavernous Sinus / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002533:Cerebral Angiography / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D006257:Head / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed