title: Bilateral lingual-facial trunk: anatomic and clinical implications.
abstract: Common origin of lingual and facial artery is a relatively frequent anatomic varia-tion. Instead, bilateral lingual-facial trunk has been described only sparsely in the literature. In this report authors describe and analyse a case of bilateral common lingual-facial trunk in the context of its anatomical, clinical and embryological implications. We also describe possible consequences in performance of elective and emergent surgical operations and modification in surgical techniques that should be considered. We believe that surgeons should be suspicious for this variation's existence and keep alternative solutions in their armentarium.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. ttroupis@gmail.com.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Troupis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Michalinos
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kakisis
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Natsis
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sofidis
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Skandalakis
keywords: endovascular occlusion; lingual–facial trunk; post-tonsillectomy haemorrhage