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FIG 8. Superselective catheterization of the sharply angled feeding artery in a 44-year-old man with tongue cancer (T1N0M0).
A–C, The lingual artery is sharply angled (arrow, A). A coaxial microcatheter was introduced initially into the internal carotid (or occipital) artery to make the tip of the catheter J-shaped (B), then the catheter tip was turned around and pulled back, resulting in superselective catheterization into the feeding artery (C). ICA, internal carotid artery; ECA, stem of external carotid artery; LA, lingual artery; FA, facial artery; IMA, internal maxillary artery.
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