Superior and middle thyroid arteries arising from the common carotid artery

Hyung Sun Won; Seung Ho Han; Chang Seok Oh; In Hyuk Chung

doi:10.1007/s00276-011-0781-2

Superior and middle thyroid arteries arising from the common carotid artery

Hyung Sun Won, Seung Ho Han, Chang Seok Oh, In Hyuk Chung

Department of Anatomy

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Abstract

We report a rare case of a left middle thyroid artery in a 71-year-old male cadaver. The middle thyroid artery arose from the anterior surface of the left common carotid artery. This artery ran anteroinferiorly and then bifurcated as it entered the lower lateral part of the left thyroid lobe. Both the right and left superior thyroid arteries arose from the common carotid arteries below the carotid bifurcation. The presence of a middle thyroid artery may cause unexpected bleeding during thyroid or neck surgery, and this rare variation needs to be kept in mind during the surgery.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	645-647
Number of pages	3
Journal	Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy
Volume	33
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-011-0781-2
State	Published - Sep 2011

Keywords

Common carotid artery
Inferior thyroid artery
Middle thyroid artery
Superior thyroid artery

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