title: Bruit caused by aberrant carotid artery in the middle ear.
abstract: An aberrant course taken by the internal carotid artery during its development may lead it through, rather than anterior to, the middle ear space. The resulting symptoms and signs, including a pulsatile bruit in and around the ear and the presence of a mass behind the tympanic membrane, require differentiation from those of glomus jugulare tumor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27103.
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Britton
mesh_terms: D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000002:abnormalities*; D004432:Ear, Middle; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans