title: [An aberrant course of the internal carotid artery].
abstract: Aberrant vascular courses of the A. carotis interna are extremely rare. They are usually combined with pulsatile symptoms. Missing symptoms are not proof of a non-existing aberration, though. A paracentesis in such a situation leads to an initially unstoppable bleeding from the tympanion and tuba. For this reason it is necessary to contemplate a vascular reason for the local findings preoperatively.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Hals-Nasen-Ohrenkrankheiten, Plastische Gesichtschirurgie, Allergologie, St. Vincentius-Krankenhäuser, Karlsruhe.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Hittel
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mertens
mesh_terms: D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006314:Hearing Loss, Conductive / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed