THIEME 218 Brief Communication Anatomical Variation of Facial Artery Branch: ACaseReport Guilherme Raulino Brasil1 Josete Mazon2 1 Department of Odontology, Academic Unit of Health Sciences, Address for correspondence Josete Mazon, PhD, Departamento de Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense (UNESC), Criciúma, SC, Brazil Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), 2 Department of Health Sciences, Universidade Federal de Santa Unidade Jardim das Avenidas. R. Gov. Jorge Lacerda, 3201 - Catarina (UFSC), Araranguá, SC, Brazil Urussanguinha, CEP 88906-072, Araranguá, SC, Brazil (e-mail:
[email protected]). J Morphol Sci 2018;35:218–220. Abstract Introduction The facial artery and its branches are the major vessels that supply blood to the face region. This artery and its branches can present variations in path and branching pattern and thus complicate the location of these arteries during invasive procedures. There is still a great need to inform and clarify the variant or unusual Keywords organization of the display of these arteries. ► facial artery Case Report During the dissection of the head and neck region of a cadaver, an ► superior labial artery anomalous branch of the unilateral facial artery was observed in the superior labial artery. ► anatomical variation Conclusion The lack of knowledge about the possible pathways of the facial artery ► branching pattern and its branches can lead to errors in surgical procedures or fillers, causing severe ► fillers complications to the facial structures. Introduction particularly to minimize hemorrhagic and postoperative complications.5 Therefore, we report the case of a male The blood supply of the face in humans comes mainly from cadaver with this variation with the aim of broadening the the facial artery (FA), which branches from the external knowledge and assisting clinicians and surgeons with the carotid artery.