Infectious arteritis of the internal carotid artery complicating retropharyngeal abscess
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Variability in the position of the retropharyngeal internal carotid artery.
The retropharyngeal internal carotid artery (ICA) is a well-described arterial anomaly with important implications for patients undergoing pharyngeal approach surgical procedures. Existing clinical and imaging classification schemes for a retropharyngeal ICA take into account arterial distance to the pharyngeal mucosal wall. We describe a case of mobility of a retropharyngeal ICA between short-...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: European Annals of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Diseases
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1879-7296
DOI: 10.1016/j.anorl.2015.08.039