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
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
