Aberrant internal carotid artery lying within the middle ear. High resolution CT diagnosis and differential diagnosis.
The CT signs of aberrant course of the internal carotid artery are presented and are contrasted against those of anomalously high jugular bulb, glomus tympanicum and cholesterol granuloma.
D000792:Angiography; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002784:Cholesterol; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006099:Granuloma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007601:Jugular Veins / Q000002:abnormalities; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D002784:Cholesterol