Aberrant retropharyngeal (submucosal) internal carotid artery: an under-recognized, clinically significant variant

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Sivasubramanian Srinivasan
Syed Zama Ali
Lim Tze Chwan
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[1] Khoo Teck Puat Hospital,Department of Diagnostic Radiology
来源：
Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy | 2013年 / 35卷
关键词：
Aberrant ICA; Oropharynx; Bleeding;
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摘要：
We present a case of a 71-year-old woman who was incidentally found to have aberrant retropharyngeal internal carotid artery, lying very close to the pharyngeal mucosa, on imaging. Radiologists, otolaryngologists and anaesthetists should be aware of this clinically significant variant which can result in life-threatening bleeding during procedures in the oral cavity or oropharynx.
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