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Avicenna J Med. 2015 Jul-Sep;5(3):98-100. doi: 10.4103/2231-0770.160251.

Ascending pharyngeal artery arising from a hypoplastic internal carotid artery.

Avicenna journal of medicine

Charif A Sidani, Rami Sulaiman, Amr Rahal, Danea J Campbell

Affiliations

  1. Department of Radiology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Fl 33136, USA.
  2. Department of Radiology, Cairo University Faculty of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt.
  3. School of Medicine, Saba University School of Medicine, Saba, Dutch Caribbean, Netherlands.

PMID: 26229763 PMCID: PMC4510829 DOI: 10.4103/2231-0770.160251

Abstract

Normal vascular variants often have clinical/surgical significance and can be misinterpreted for pathology. We report a case ascending pharyngeal artery arising from a hypoplastic internal carotid artery. We provide clues to differentiate between dysgenesis and disease/thrombosis of the internal carotid artery.

Keywords: Carotid canal; dysgenesis of internal carotid artery; hypopharyngeal artery; vascular variants

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