title: Anomalous course of the internal carotid artery - a warning.
abstract: A case of aberrant internal carotid artery, passing through the middle ear, is presented and the literature is reviewed, including modes of presentation and etiologic theory. The need for adequate pre-operative radiologic investigation in any suspected vascular lesion of the middle ear is stressed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D004432:Ear, Middle; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography