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FIG 1. Superselective catheterization in a 62-year-old man with tongue cancer (T1N0M0).
A–D, The guiding catheter was placed near the origin of the target vessel by using a guidewire (A). A vascular mapping study was done of the ECA (arrow, LA; B), after which a coaxial microcatheter was advanced through the guiding catheter into the feeding artery (C), and superselective lingual arteriography was performed (D). ICA, internal carotid artery; ECA, stem of external carotid artery; LA, lingual artery; FA, facial artery; IMA, internal maxillary artery.
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