Volume 16, Number 5, 411-414, DOI: 10.1007/s10140-008-0756-8

A rare combination of carotid artery congenital abnormalities: understanding the embryology and clinical associations

James C. McEachen, Michal Obrzut and S. Jamal Bokhari

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Abstract

Duplication of an extracranial internal carotid artery, a retropharyngeal carotid transposition, an aberrant internal carotid artery in the middle ear, and a persistent stapedial artery are each individually uncommon vascular variants. In this case report, we discuss a rare occurrence of all four of these variants in a single individual who presented to our emergency department with a complaint of dizziness and a recent fall. Included in the discussion is pertinent embryology and clinical associations.

Keywords  Carotid artery - Aberrant internal carotid - Carotid duplication - Persistent stapedial artery - Retropharyngeal carotid transposition

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