title: Anomalous course of the carotid arteries in the retropharyngeal space poses a surgical risk.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, USA.
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Palacios
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kirsch
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rojas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010614:Pharynx / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed