Unusual Termination of Facial Artery Associated with the Presence of Premasseteric Branch- A Case Report.

Face being highly vascular region essentially receives extensive blood supply from the facial artery. Facial artery frequently shows variation in its pattern of origin, course and termination. An unusual premasseteric branch is the one among its variant branches on the face. We report herewith the u...

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Main Authors:	Abhinitha P, Naveen K, Jyothsna P, Mohandas Rao KG, Satheesha NB, Venumadhav N, Swamy Ravindra S
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Published:	Department of Surgery, UKM Medical Centre 2014
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8359/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8359/1/18-MS1170_%2862-64%29.pdf

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spelling	ukm-83592016-12-14T06:47:02Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8359/ Unusual Termination of Facial Artery Associated with the Presence of Premasseteric Branch- A Case Report. Abhinitha P, Naveen K, Jyothsna P, Mohandas Rao KG, Satheesha NB, Venumadhav N, Swamy Ravindra S, Face being highly vascular region essentially receives extensive blood supply from the facial artery. Facial artery frequently shows variation in its pattern of origin, course and termination. An unusual premasseteric branch is the one among its variant branches on the face. We report herewith the untimely termination of facial artery as alar artery at the nose instead of medial angle of the eye associated with an abnormally large posterior branch known as premasseteric branch. Presence of premasseteric artery may be considered as beneficial in ‘raising flap’ approaches. However, ascertaining its existence makes obligatory for the surgeons during surgical procedures of the face. Department of Surgery, UKM Medical Centre 2014-06-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8359/1/18-MS1170_%2862-64%29.pdf Abhinitha P, and Naveen K, and Jyothsna P, and Mohandas Rao KG, and Satheesha NB, and Venumadhav N, and Swamy Ravindra S, (2014) Unusual Termination of Facial Artery Associated with the Presence of Premasseteric Branch- A Case Report. Journal of Surgical Academia, 4 (2). pp. 62-64. ISSN 2231-7481
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description	Face being highly vascular region essentially receives extensive blood supply from the facial artery. Facial artery frequently shows variation in its pattern of origin, course and termination. An unusual premasseteric branch is the one among its variant branches on the face. We report herewith the untimely termination of facial artery as alar artery at the nose instead of medial angle of the eye associated with an abnormally large posterior branch known as premasseteric branch. Presence of premasseteric artery may be considered as beneficial in ‘raising flap’ approaches. However, ascertaining its existence makes obligatory for the surgeons during surgical procedures of the face.
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author	Abhinitha P, Naveen K, Jyothsna P, Mohandas Rao KG, Satheesha NB, Venumadhav N, Swamy Ravindra S,
spellingShingle	Abhinitha P, Naveen K, Jyothsna P, Mohandas Rao KG, Satheesha NB, Venumadhav N, Swamy Ravindra S, Unusual Termination of Facial Artery Associated with the Presence of Premasseteric Branch- A Case Report.
author_facet	Abhinitha P, Naveen K, Jyothsna P, Mohandas Rao KG, Satheesha NB, Venumadhav N, Swamy Ravindra S,
author_sort	Abhinitha P,
title	Unusual Termination of Facial Artery Associated with the Presence of Premasseteric Branch- A Case Report.
title_short	Unusual Termination of Facial Artery Associated with the Presence of Premasseteric Branch- A Case Report.
title_full	Unusual Termination of Facial Artery Associated with the Presence of Premasseteric Branch- A Case Report.
title_fullStr	Unusual Termination of Facial Artery Associated with the Presence of Premasseteric Branch- A Case Report.
title_full_unstemmed	Unusual Termination of Facial Artery Associated with the Presence of Premasseteric Branch- A Case Report.
title_sort	unusual termination of facial artery associated with the presence of premasseteric branch- a case report.
publisher	Department of Surgery, UKM Medical Centre
publishDate	2014
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8359/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8359/1/18-MS1170_%2862-64%29.pdf
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Unusual Termination of Facial Artery Associated with the Presence of Premasseteric Branch- A Case Report.

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