Aberrant internal carotid artery in the middle-ear space

J Laryngol Otol. 2000 Oct;114(10):784-7. doi: 10.1258/0022215001903924.

Abstract

The incidence of an aberrant internal carotid artery in the middle ear is approximately one per cent and most patients are asymptomatic. We present two patients with an aberrant internal carotid artery who presented with pulsatile tinnitus and an intra-tympanic mass. Here we discuss the clinical presentation, relevant radiographic investigations and further management of these patients.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Carotid Artery, Internal / abnormalities*
  • Carotid Artery, Internal / diagnostic imaging
  • Child
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Ear, Middle / abnormalities*
  • Ear, Middle / diagnostic imaging
  • Female
  • Hearing Loss, Conductive / diagnosis
  • Hearing Loss, Conductive / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Tinnitus / diagnosis
  • Tinnitus / etiology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed