Banneheka Shyama, Chiba Shoji, Fukazawa Mikinori, Tokita Kounosuke, Arakawa Takamitsu, Suzuki Ryo, Miyawaki Makoto, Kumaki Katsuji
Division of Gross Anatomy and Morphogenesis, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan.
Anat Sci Int. 2010 Dec;85(4):241-4. doi: 10.1007/s12565-009-0055-9. Epub 2009 Aug 13.
A middle thymothyroid artery, arising from the anterior aspect of the right common carotid as an anomalous branch was observed in a 71-year-old Japanese male cadaver. It soon divided into a thyroidea ima artery, a branch supplying the sternoclavicular joints, and a thymic branch. In addition, twigs from these three main branches supplied the sternohyoid and sternothyroid muscles, right inferior parathyroid gland and also some deep cervical lymph nodes. Anatomical features, clinical implications and a brief account of the developmental aspects of this rare variation are included in this report.
在一具71岁的日本男性尸体中，观察到一条发自右颈总动脉前侧的中间甲状腺胸腺动脉，它是一条异常分支。该动脉很快分为一条甲状腺下动脉、一条供应胸锁关节的分支和一条胸腺分支。此外，这三条主要分支的小分支还供应胸骨舌骨肌和胸骨甲状肌、右下甲状旁腺以及一些颈深淋巴结。本报告包括了这种罕见变异的解剖学特征、临床意义以及发育方面的简要描述。
