Aberrant internal carotid artery in the middle ear

Aberrant internal carotid artery in the middle ear

An aberrant internal carotid artery (ICA) in the middle ear space can present in 1% of the population. the clinical diagnosis can be difficult as most patients with this anomaly are either asymptomatic or have nonspecific clinical symptoms and signs. Moreover the diagnosis can easily be missed and o...

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Main Author: Sami Alharethy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre 2013-03-01
Series:Annals of Saudi Medicine
Online Access:https://www.annsaudimed.net/doi/full/10.5144/0256-4947.2013.194
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spelling doaj-b0b47cdc84a547039f95e465a352f3072020-11-24T23:52:56ZengKing Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research CentreAnnals of Saudi Medicine0256-49470975-44662013-03-0133219419610.5144/0256-4947.2013.194asm-2-194Aberrant internal carotid artery in the middle earSami Alharethy0From the ENT Department, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, King Saud University, PO Box 245, Riyadh 11411An aberrant internal carotid artery (ICA) in the middle ear space can present in 1% of the population. the clinical diagnosis can be difficult as most patients with this anomaly are either asymptomatic or have nonspecific clinical symptoms and signs. Moreover the diagnosis can easily be missed and only discovered when injurey occur to the ICA during middle ear surgey with resulting life-threatning complications. A knowledge of this anomaly and its differential diagnosis is of high importance to any practitioner dealing with otologic diseases and performing otologic surgeries. We report a 7-year-old girl with a right aberrant ICA presenting with hearing loss and review published studies concerning this disease entity presentation, diagnosis, and management.https://www.annsaudimed.net/doi/full/10.5144/0256-4947.2013.194
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Aberrant internal carotid artery in the middle ear
Annals of Saudi Medicine
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title Aberrant internal carotid artery in the middle ear
title_short Aberrant internal carotid artery in the middle ear
title_full Aberrant internal carotid artery in the middle ear
title_fullStr Aberrant internal carotid artery in the middle ear
title_full_unstemmed Aberrant internal carotid artery in the middle ear
title_sort aberrant internal carotid artery in the middle ear
publisher King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
series Annals of Saudi Medicine
issn 0256-4947
0975-4466
publishDate 2013-03-01
description An aberrant internal carotid artery (ICA) in the middle ear space can present in 1% of the population. the clinical diagnosis can be difficult as most patients with this anomaly are either asymptomatic or have nonspecific clinical symptoms and signs. Moreover the diagnosis can easily be missed and only discovered when injurey occur to the ICA during middle ear surgey with resulting life-threatning complications. A knowledge of this anomaly and its differential diagnosis is of high importance to any practitioner dealing with otologic diseases and performing otologic surgeries. We report a 7-year-old girl with a right aberrant ICA presenting with hearing loss and review published studies concerning this disease entity presentation, diagnosis, and management.
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