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Agenesis of the cervical internal carotid artery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

T. Nishimura ,
T. Takimoto ,
M. Kamide ,
S. Ishikawa  and
R. Umeda
T. Nishimura*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, 13–1 Takaramachi, Kanazawa 920, Japan
T. Takimoto
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, 13–1 Takaramachi, Kanazawa 920, Japan
M. Kamide
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, 13–1 Takaramachi, Kanazawa 920, Japan
S. Ishikawa
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, 13–1 Takaramachi, Kanazawa 920, Japan
R. Umeda
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, 13–1 Takaramachi, Kanazawa 920, Japan
*
Dr. T. Nishimura, Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, 13–1 Takaramachi, Kanazawa 920, Japan
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Abstract

Total or segmental agenesis of the internal carotid artery is a rare anomaly. The cervical portion of the internal carotid artery was absent in the right side of the patient who was carried out radical surgery due to recurrent oropharyngeal cancer. Post-operative venous digital subtraction angiography revealed that the remaining intracranial portion of the internal carotid artery was normally patent and supplied blood flow via ipsilateral external carotid artery. Otolaryngologist-Head and Neck surgeon should know such a vascular anomaly and avoid a disastrous result on dividing external carotid artery.

Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 103 , Issue 7 , July 1989 , pp. 707 - 709
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1989

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