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A rare combination of carotid artery congenital abnormalities: understanding the embryology and clinical associations

Authors: James C. McEachen, Michal Obrzut, S. Jamal Bokhari

Published in: Emergency Radiology | Issue 5/2009

Abstract

Duplication of an extracranial internal carotid artery, a retropharyngeal carotid transposition, an aberrant internal carotid artery in the middle ear, and a persistent stapedial artery are each individually uncommon vascular variants. In this case report, we discuss a rare occurrence of all four of these variants in a single individual who presented to our emergency department with a complaint of dizziness and a recent fall. Included in the discussion is pertinent embryology and clinical associations.

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Title: A rare combination of carotid artery congenital abnormalities: understanding the embryology and clinical associations
Authors: James C. McEachen
Michal Obrzut
S. Jamal Bokhari
Publication date: 01-09-2009
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Emergency Radiology / Issue 5/2009
Print ISSN: 1070-3004
Electronic ISSN: 1438-1435
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-008-0756-8

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