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Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2005;131:78-79.

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Diagnosis: Retropharyngeal carotid artery

The contrast-enhanced computed tomographic scan of the patient’s neck revealed normal enhancement of the vascular structures. There was a retropharyngeal course of the right internal carotid artery (ICA) (Figure 1 and Figure 2, arrows), which was otherwise of normal diameter and appearance (Figure 1). There was an associated elevation of the right posterior pharyngeal wall, without mucosal lesions. The usual course of the ICA was observed on the left side, where the artery (arrowhead) was found in the carotid space just anterior to the jugular vein (Figure 2).

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Anomalies of the carotid artery were first reported in 1868.¹ Various anomalies are relatively common; subsequent research has shown that they have an incidence of 10% to 40% in the general population.¹ The normal course of the ICA is within the carotid space lateral to the palatine tonsillar fossa, inferior to the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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