Objective tinnitus caused by an aberrant internal carotid artery

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 323-327

  Koizuka, Izumi ^a   Hattori, Kousuke ^a   Tsutsumi, Kouichiro ^a   Sakuma, Atsushi ^a   Katsumi, Naoki ^a   Kikuchi, Hitoshi ^a   Kato, Isao ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ectopic carotid artery; Magnetic resonance angiography; Objective tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY ANOMALY; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; TINNITUS;

ADULT; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PULSATILE FLOW; TINNITUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 0031680556     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0385-8146(98)00016-9     Document Type: Article

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