Aberrant internal carotid artery in the middle ear

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 113, Issue 3 II SUPPL. 192, 2004, Pages 1-16

  Windfuhr, Jochen P ^a,b  

^a St Anna Hospital ^*

^b St Anna Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aberrant internal carotid artery; Internal carotid artery; Middle ear surgery; Middle ear tumor; Vascular malformation

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; APHASIA; ARTERY MALFORMATION; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; EMBRYOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; GLOMUS TUMOR; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEMIPARESIS; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE AUDIOMETRY; INCIDENCE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE EAR DISEASE; MYRINGOTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OTOSCOPY; PARAGANGLIOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEROUS OTITIS MEDIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; TINNITUS; VERTIGO; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAR; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EAR, MIDDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 1542357655     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00034894041130s301     Document Type: Review

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