Rare variant of aortic arch branching — a case report

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://journals.viamedica.pl/folia_morphologica/article/view/104440" target="_blank" >https://journals.viamedica.pl/folia_morphologica/article/view/104440</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5603/fm.104440" target="_blank" >10.5603/fm.104440</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Rare variant of aortic arch branching — a case report

Original language description

During the dissection of an 82-year-old male, we found an atypical variant of the aortic arch with five branches instead of the usual three. The additional arteries were identified as the ima thyroid artery (the artery of Neubauer) and the left vertebral artery, which arose directly from the aortic arch. The ima artery was located between the origin of the brachiocephalic trunk and the left common carotid artery. The left vertebral artery was situated between the origin of the left common carotid artery and the left subclavian artery. No other variations in the origins of major vessels in the thoracic region, head and neck were observed. The frequency of the left vertebral artery arising directly from the aortic arch is estimated to be 3-8%, and when combined with the ima artery arising directly from the aortic arch, which occurs in less than 1% of cases, the variant described appears to be extremely rare. In this paper, we present the exact measurements of the arteries we found, their topography relative to other significant anatomical structures, and the potential clinical significance of these variations. (Folia Morphol 2025; 84, 4: 1097-1102)

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30106 - Anatomy and morphology (plant science to be 1.6)

Project

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Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Folia Morphologica

ISSN

0015-5659

e-ISSN

1644-3284

Volume of the periodical

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Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

PL - POLAND

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

1097-1102

UT code for WoS article

001644404200001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105025096508