• Title of article

    Duplication of the superficial femoral artery: comprehensive review of imaging literature and insight into embryology

  • Author/Authors

    Hapugoda, Sachintha Department of Medical Imaging - Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia , Tsong Hsu, Charlie Chia Department of Medical Imaging - Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia , Chi Kwan, Gigi Nga Department of Medical Imaging - Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia , Watkins, Trevor William Department of Medical Imaging - Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia , Rophael, John A Department of Surgery - St Vincent’s Hospital - University of Melbourne, Fitzroy, Australia

  • Pages
    4
  • From page
    1
  • To page
    4
  • Abstract
    An extremely rare case of duplicated superficial femoral artery (SFA) was incidentally observed on computed tomography angiogram (CTA) of the lower limbs for presurgical planning for an osteomyocutaneous fibula flap in a patient with T4a oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). To our knowledge, this is the sixth reported case in the imaging literature. We performed a comprehensive review of the English literature and discuss the underlying embryological origin underpinning this rare anatomical variant.
  • Keywords
    Femoral artery , anatomic variation , embryology , multidetector computed tomography , angiography
  • Journal title
    Acta Radiologica Open
  • Serial Year
    2016
  • Record number

    2619829