Divided and reunited maxillary artery: developmental and clinical considerations

Claire, Philip G.; Gibbs, Kathryn; Hwang, Sunny H.; Hill, Robert V.

doi:10.1007/s12565-011-0106-x

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“…3). Claire et al (2011) reported a case of the divided and reunited maxillary artery in the infratemporal region. According to Claire’s study, the maxillary artery bifurcated into the deep and superficial branches at the distal part of the divergence of the anterior tympanic artery.…”

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Variations in the course of the maxillary artery in Japanese adults

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Many authors have studied variation in the maxillary artery but there have been inconsistencies between reported observations. The present research aimed to examine the courses and branching patterns of the trunk and branches of the maxillary artery in a large sample of Japanese adult cadavers. The course of the maxillary artery should be reclassified into seven groups as a clear relationship was found between the origin of the middle meningeal artery and the course of the maxillary artery. This indicates that conventional theory about the formation of the maxillary artery, which was considered to be a direct derivative of the stapedial artery, might be inaccurate. Many variations in the origin of the inferior alveolar artery were found. Notably, the inferior alveolar artery origin from the external carotid artery and a double origin of the inferior alveolar artery was also observed. Thus, the maxillary artery might be derived from a combination of both the external carotid and stapedial arteries.

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“…Further referring to the relations of maxillary artery to the branches of the mandibular nerve, the commonest pattern was the artery passing lateral to the inferior alveolar and lingual nerves (Standring, 2008). An interesting report about the bifurcation of maxillary artery into unequal superficial (larger) and deep (smaller) divisions was reported by Claire et al (2011) where the superficial and deep divisions joint to form a complete loop, before giving the terminal branches in the pterygopalatine fossa. The entire arterial loop lied superficial to the branches of the mandibular nerve.…”

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COURSE OF THE MAXILLARY ARTERY THROUGH THE LOOP OF THE AURICULOTEMPORAL NERVE. Recorrido de la arteria maxilar a través del bucle del nervio aurículotemporal

Bhat

Madhyastha

Balakrishnan

2016

Rev Arg de Anat Clin

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Las variaciones en el curso de la arteria maxilar se describen a menudo, con sus relaciones con el músculo pterigoideo lateral. En el presente caso informamos una variación exclusiva en el curso de la arteria maxilar que no fue publicada antes. En un cadáver masculino de 75 años arteria maxilar derecho estaba pasando por el bucle del nervio auriculo-temporal. La arteria meníngea media provenía de la arteria maxilar con un bucle del nervio auriculo-temporal. La arteria maxilar pasaba profunda con respecto al nervio dentario inferior pero superficial al nervio lingual. El conocimiento de estas variaciones es importante para el cirujano y también serviría para explicar la posible participación de estas variaciones en la etiología del dolor mandibular. Variations in the course of the maxillary artery are often described with its relations to the lateral pterygoid muscle. In the present case we report a unique variation in the course of the maxillary artery which was not reported before. In a 75 years old male cadaver the right maxillary artery passed through the loop of the auriculotemporal nerve. The middle meningeal artery was arising from the maxillary artery within the nerve loop of auriculotemporal nerve. Further the maxillary artery passed deep to the inferior alveolar nerve but superficial to the lingual nerve. The knowledge of these variations is important for surgeons and it would also explain the possible involvement of these variations in etiology of the craniomandibular pain.

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“…Division into two branches is rarer still, with only three reported cases: Tadokoro et al (2008) and Claire et al (2011) reported branches that did not re-unite, Maeda et al (2012) reported a re-uniting branch. We describe a maxillary artery that branches, but does not re-unite.…”

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“…Superficial or deep parts of the ring regress, and what remains, the maxillary artery, runs either deep or superficial to mandibular nerve branches (Padget 1948;Hogg et al 1972). Separate vascular rings might encircle muscular and neural Anlagen (Claire et al 2011). Degeneration of portions of rings could result in variable positions of the maxillary artery in relation to both lateral pterygoid muscle and mandibular nerve branches.…”

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“…Degeneration of portions of rings could result in variable positions of the maxillary artery in relation to both lateral pterygoid muscle and mandibular nerve branches. It appears that both superficial and deep portions of vascular rings may persist, resulting in divided maxillary arteries separated by the lateral pterygoid (Claire et al 2011;Tadokoro et al 2008). …”

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Divided maxillary artery in relation to the lateral pterygoid muscle

Aland

Shaw

2015

Anat Sci Int

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We describe an anatomical variation of the right maxillary artery. The variation loops deep, giving off a middle meningeal artery with an extremely short extracranial segment, then bifurcates into unequal branches. The smaller branch passes superficial to the lateral pterygoid head and distributes primarily to the masticatory muscles. The larger partially pierces the lateral pterygoid lower head, re-emerges superficially, branches again and passes into the pterygopalatine fossa. The larger lies superficial to the lingual and inferior alveolar nerves and deep to the buccal nerve. An embryonic development origin of the cranial arteries is suggested.

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Divided and reunited maxillary artery: developmental and clinical considerations

Cited by 9 publications

References 15 publications

Variations in the course of the maxillary artery in Japanese adults

Variations in the course of the maxillary artery in Japanese adults

COURSE OF THE MAXILLARY ARTERY THROUGH THE LOOP OF THE AURICULOTEMPORAL NERVE. Recorrido de la arteria maxilar a través del bucle del nervio aurículotemporal

Divided maxillary artery in relation to the lateral pterygoid muscle

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