TY - JOUR T1 - A rare case of absent left common carotid artery with bovine origin of the left external carotid artery JF - BMJ Case Reports DO - 10.1136/bcr-2016-012540 VL - 2016 SP - bcr2016012540 AU - Sumit Goyal AU - Ajit Kumar Sinha Y1 - 2016/10/05 UR - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2016/bcr-2016-012540.abstract N2 - A 22-year-old man had cerebral venous sinus thrombosis and his angiogram incidentally revealed an absent left common carotid artery with bovine origin of the left external carotid artery. There was also an associated low bifurcation of the right common carotid artery and basilar artery fenestration. The absence of a common carotid artery is a very rare angiographic finding, and an association with a bovine origin of the left external carotid artery has not been reported previously in the literature. Here we provide a description of the case along with a review of the literature and embryology. ER -