title: A shunt from the brain: left internal carotid artery arising from the left pulmonary artery in tetralogy of Fallot.
abstract: Origin of a common carotid artery from a pulmonary artery is extremely rare, but isolated origin of an internal carotid artery from a pulmonary artery with intracardiac anomaly has not been reported before. We report a case of the left internal carotid artery arising from the left pulmonary artery in a case of tetralogy of Fallot. The possible embryologic mechanism and the surgical management of this unique lesion are described.
authors: Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Sree Chitra Thirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. Electronic address: a.m.idhrees@gmail.com.
authors: A Mohammed
authors: AM
authors: Idhrees
authors: Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Sree Chitra Thirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
authors: Thomas
authors: T
authors: Mathew
authors: Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Sree Chitra Thirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
authors: Sabarinath
authors: S
authors: Menon
authors: Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Sree Chitra Thirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
authors: Baiju S
authors: BS
authors: Dharan
authors: Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Sree Chitra Thirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Jayakumar
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000150:complications*; D055815:Young Adult