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Table 4 Common trunks of ECA branches: incidence, diameter and distance from the CCB horizontal level

From: Variations in external carotid artery branches and common carotid bifurcation level: a computed tomography angiography study

 

APA-OA

LA-FA

OA-PAA

STA-LA

APA-OA-PAA

APA-PAA

LA-FA-APA

Incidence n (%) (n = 80):

 Absent

60 (75)

64 (80)

67 (83.7)

77 (96.3)

79(98.7)

79 (98.7)

79 (98.7)

 Right

6 (7.5)

4 (5)

5 (6.3)

3 (3.7)

1 (1.3)

1 (1.3)

0 (0)

 Left

9 (11.2)

7 (8.7)

4 (5)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (1.3)

 Bilateral

5 (6.3)

5 (6.3)

4 (5)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Diameter(mm):

 Mean ± SD (range)

2.35 ± 0.37 (1.8–3)

2.28 ± 0.41 (1.8–3)

2.23 ± 0.29 (1.7–2.6)

2.23 ± 0.42 (1.9–2.7)

2.2

1.2

1.9

Distance(mm):

 Mean ± SD (range)

14.77 ± 10.19 (3.8–41)

13.71 ± 6.41 (5.0–26)

30.24 ± 17.63 (6.3–57.5)

4.23 ± 3.79 (0–7.3)

30

13

9.6