Anatomical Variant: Ascending Pharyngeal Artery Arising from the Extracranial Internal Carotid Artery

Ascending pharyngeal artery (APA) is a branch of the external carotid artery. Extracranial internal carotid artery (ICA) usually does not have any branches. We present here a rare case of anomalous origin of the APA from the extracranial ICA and discuss the clinical importance of this rare anatomica...

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Main Authors: Chinnam Naidu Sirasapalli, T Mandapal, Subhendu Parida, Murali Belman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.indjvascsurg.org/article.asp?issn=0972-0820;year=2017;volume=4;issue=3;spage=127;epage=128;aulast=Sirasapalli