Middle thymothyroid artery arising from the common carotid artery: case report of a rare variation |
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| Authors: | Shyama Banneheka Shoji Chiba Mikinori Fukazawa Kounosuke Tokita Takamitsu Arakawa Ryo Suzuki Makoto Miyawaki Katsuji Kumaki |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Division of Gross Anatomy and Morphogenesis, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan;(2) Division of Medical Radiological Sciences, Department of Radiological Technology, Hirosaki University School of Health Sciences, Hirosaki, Japan;(3) Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan;(4) Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, 20400, Sri Lanka |
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| Abstract: | A middle thymothyroid artery, arising from the anterior aspect of the right common carotid as an anomalous branch was observed in a 71-year-old Japanese male cadaver. It soon divided into a thyroidea ima artery, a branch supplying the sternoclavicular joints, and a thymic branch. In addition, twigs from these three main branches supplied the sternohyoid and sternothyroid muscles, right inferior parathyroid gland and also some deep cervical lymph nodes. Anatomical features, clinical implications and a brief account of the developmental aspects of this rare variation are included in this report. |
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