TY - JOUR
T1 - Anomalous course of facial artery through the submandibular gland and its redundant loop at the base of mandible
AU - Nayak, Satheesha B.
AU - Vasudeva, Soumya Kodimajalu
AU - Pamidi, Narendra
AU - Sirasanagandla, Srinivasa Rao
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright # 2020 by Mutaz B. Habal, MD
PY - 2020/10
Y1 - 2020/10
N2 - Knowledge of variant course and branching pattern of the facial artery gains importance in the surgeries of upper neck and face. The authors report a unilateral anomalous course and a redundant loop of right facial artery as seen in an adult male cadaver. The right facial artery had its origin from the external carotid artery. It pierced through the submandibular salivary gland and formed a redundant loop at the base of the mandible. Its further course and branching pattern was normal. This case could be important for radiologists, plast,ic surgeons and craniofacial surgeons.
AB - Knowledge of variant course and branching pattern of the facial artery gains importance in the surgeries of upper neck and face. The authors report a unilateral anomalous course and a redundant loop of right facial artery as seen in an adult male cadaver. The right facial artery had its origin from the external carotid artery. It pierced through the submandibular salivary gland and formed a redundant loop at the base of the mandible. Its further course and branching pattern was normal. This case could be important for radiologists, plast,ic surgeons and craniofacial surgeons.
KW - Face
KW - Facial artery
KW - Neck surgery
KW - Submandibular gland resection
KW - Submandibular salivary gland
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U2 - 10.1097/SCS.0000000000006539
DO - 10.1097/SCS.0000000000006539
M3 - Article
C2 - 32472879
AN - SCOPUS:85092680689
SN - 1049-2275
VL - 31
SP - 2015
EP - 2016
JO - Journal of Craniofacial Surgery
JF - Journal of Craniofacial Surgery
IS - 7
ER -