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VARIATION IN ORIGIN OF SUPERIOR THYROID ARTERY AND ITS CLINICAL RELEVANCE: A CASE REPORT

Published:2020-10-01 Issue: Volume: Page:1-2
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Author:

Sahni Chetan¹,S Shivshanker²

Affiliation:

1. Senior resident, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.

2. Junior resident, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.

Abstract

Thyroid surgeries are most common neck surgeries; hence thorough knowledge of the variations in blood supply of this gland to the surgeons is very important to prevent any alarming hemorrhage or iatrogenic damage. We found a variation in origin of superior thyroid artery on right side during routine dissection on an adult male cadaver in the Department of Anatomy, A.I.I.M.S, NewDelhi. Left superior thyroid artery was normal. Right side, superior thyroid artery was arising from common carotid artery instead of external carotid artery, just proximal to the bifurcation of common carotid artery. This variant branching pattern of superior thyroid artery is very rare. The inferior thyroid arteries did not show any unusual origin. Knowledge of such arterial variations related to the thyroid gland is immensely helpful to the surgeons to avoid damage of the vital organs in this region.

Publisher

World Wide Journals

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