Right internal carotid pseudoaneurysm mimicking a retropharyngeal abscess in a child

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 685-687

  Lee, Noreen Norfaraheen A ^a   Long, G ^a   Ngai, S ^a   Sahrir, S ^b   Parker, A ^b   Lamont, A C ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b MATER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Haematoma; Magnetic resonance arteriography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pseudoaneurysm; Retropharyngeal mass

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAROTID CAVERNOUS FISTULA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS;

CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID-CAVERNOUS SINUS FISTULA; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS;

EID: 20544461457     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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