title: Concurrence of the tortuosity of bilateral common and left internal carotid arteries in a case with common origin of the innominate trunk and left common carotid artery.
abstract: Anatomical variations of carotid arterial system, which are not infrequently encountered, have great impact on the surgical approaches of the neck. Although few reports on common carotid artery tortuosity have been published, no case of symptomatic concurrent common carotid and internal carotid artery tortuosity has been reported. Herein, we report the first case with concurrent common origin of the innominate trunk and left common carotid artery and common and internal carotid artery tortuosity presenting with an oropharyngeal mass.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Harran University School of Medicine, 63100 Sanliurfa, Turkey. drsemayildiz@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Sema
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yildiz
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cece
authors.forename: Sibel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karayol
authors.forename: Zeki
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ziylan
mesh_terms: D016122:Brachiocephalic Trunk / Q000002:abnormalities*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009960:Oropharynx / Q000002:abnormalities
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