title: Aneurysm of the internal carotid artery presenting as a parapharyngeal mass.
abstract: A case of saccular aneurysm of the internal carotid artery presenting as a parapharyngeal mass is being reported because of its rarity and the paucity of literature on the subject. Welling et al. (1983) evaluated 1118 aneurysms of the peripheral arteries seen over a 30-year period. Forty-one of these arose from the extracranial carotid system, only four of them being saccular aneurysms of the internal carotid artery. None of them presented with a parapharyngeal mass.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Dhingra
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saxena
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*