title: Aberrant carotid artery as an incidental finding before tonsillectomy.
abstract: Injury to the internal carotid artery during routine pharyngeal surgery is a rare and potentially catastrophic complication. Aberrations of the cervical blood vessels that might cause lethal post-tonsillectomy bleeding are clearly important but largely unpredictable, even when associated with pediatric head and neck syndromes. We describe a patient in whom aberrant cervical carotid artery was an incidental finding prior to a scheduled tonsillectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, POB 4940, 31048 Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: Rabia
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shihada
authors.forename: Moshe
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goldsher
authors.forename: Jacob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.forename: Michal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Luntz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011300:Preoperative Care; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014068:Tonsillectomy