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Right and left common carotid arteries arising from the branchiocephalic, a rare variation of the aortic arch

  • Panagouli, Eleni (Department of Anatomy, Democritus University of Thrace) ;
  • Tsoucalas, Gregory (Department of Anatomy, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens) ;
  • Papaioannou, Theodoros (First Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens) ;
  • Fiska, Aliki (Department of Anatomy, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens) ;
  • Venieratos, Dionysios (Department of Anatomy, Democritus University of Thrace) ;
  • Skandalakis, Panagiotis (Department of Anatomy, Democritus University of Thrace)
  • Received : 2018.03.20
  • Accepted : 2018.05.19
  • Published : 2018.09.30
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Abstract

The aortic arch may present a plethora of anatomical variations, which my cause a cluster of complications in interventional procedures in surgery and angiography. We present a rare case of a common origin of both the common carotids arteries from the brachiocephalic trunk (anonymous artery), with the left common carotid artery emerging from the initial portion of it, forming a small common trunk. The great importance towards an excellent knowledge of the topographical aortic arch anatomy is stressed out.

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