Abstract
The knowledge about the aberrant internal carotid artery (ICA) in the middle ear is essential for clinicians, because a misdiagnosis of the aberrant ICA could have serious consequences such as excessive aural bleeding during a middle ear surgery. A 38-year-old woman presented with tinnitus and hearing difficulties of the left ear that had started 5 years ago. During otoscopy, an anteroinferior bluish mass was seen in the tympanic space. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a left-side aberrant ICA with bony dehiscence of the carotid canal in the middle ear and a reduced diameter of the tympanic ICA. Herein we report a case of an aberrant ICA in the middle ear. We also review the literature regarding this important vascular anomaly of the temporal bone which may lead to disastrous surgical complications.
Roh, Keun Tak;
Kang, Hyun Koo
[1]
- Dept. of Radiology, Seoul Veterans Hospital, Seoul (Korea, Republic of)
Citation Formats
Roh, Keun Tak, and Kang, Hyun Koo.
Aberrant internal carotid artery in the middle ear.
Korea, Republic of: N. p.,
2014.
Web.
doi:10.3348/jksr.2014.71.4.169.
Roh, Keun Tak, & Kang, Hyun Koo.
Aberrant internal carotid artery in the middle ear.
Korea, Republic of.
https://doi.org/10.3348/jksr.2014.71.4.169
Roh, Keun Tak, and Kang, Hyun Koo.
2014.
"Aberrant internal carotid artery in the middle ear."
Korea, Republic of.
https://doi.org/10.3348/jksr.2014.71.4.169.
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abstractNote = {The knowledge about the aberrant internal carotid artery (ICA) in the middle ear is essential for clinicians, because a misdiagnosis of the aberrant ICA could have serious consequences such as excessive aural bleeding during a middle ear surgery. A 38-year-old woman presented with tinnitus and hearing difficulties of the left ear that had started 5 years ago. During otoscopy, an anteroinferior bluish mass was seen in the tympanic space. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a left-side aberrant ICA with bony dehiscence of the carotid canal in the middle ear and a reduced diameter of the tympanic ICA. Herein we report a case of an aberrant ICA in the middle ear. We also review the literature regarding this important vascular anomaly of the temporal bone which may lead to disastrous surgical complications.}
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