High-riding innominate artery in the neck – a hazardous presentation during surgery Authors Sareema Eman Akhtar Fourth Year MBBS Student, Ziauddin Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4410-7323 Saad Shakil Fourth Year MBBS Student, Ziauddin Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1622-7675 Rahim Dhanani Department of ENT, Head and Neck Surgery, Dr. Ziauddin University and Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan Muhammad Wasif Department of ENT, Head and Neck Surgery, Dr. Ziauddin University and Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan DOI: https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.6773 Abstract Aberrant innominate artery lying high in the neck is a rare entity that can be encountered intraoperatively during midline neck surgeries such as thyroidectomy and tracheostomy. Surgeons should be mindful of this entity as injury to the artery can lead to life-threatening haemorrhage. We report a case of a 40 year old female in whom an aberrant innominate artery was identified high in the neck, while performing a total thyroidectomy. Keywords: Aberrant innominate artery, Thyroidectomy, Tracheostomy, Aorta. Author Biographies Sareema Eman Akhtar, Fourth Year MBBS Student, Ziauddin Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan Fourth year MBBS student Saad Shakil, Fourth Year MBBS Student, Ziauddin Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan Fourth year MBBS student Rahim Dhanani, Department of ENT, Head and Neck Surgery, Dr. Ziauddin University and Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan Assistant Professor ENT, Head and Neck surgery Muhammad Wasif, Department of ENT, Head and Neck Surgery, Dr. Ziauddin University and Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan Assistant Professor ENT, Head and Neck surgery Downloads Full Text Article Published 2023-02-15 How to Cite Akhtar, S. E., Shakil, S., Dhanani, R., & Wasif, M. (2023). High-riding innominate artery in the neck – a hazardous presentation during surgery. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 73(2), 452–454. https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.6773 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue Vol. 73 No. 2 (2023): February Section Case Report