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Anomalous vessel in the middle ear: the role of CT and MR angiography

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An 8-year-old child was examined because of conductive hearing loss with a retrotympanic mass on otoscopy. CT and MR angiography showed a large inferior tympanic artery traversing the hypotympanum and joining a thin, irregular internal carotid artery with a normal middle meningeal artery. These investigations, coupled with knowledge of the embryological development allowed a diagnosis of a complex vascular anomaly in the middle ear and avoided potential surgical complications.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Hospital Clînicas, Universidade São Paulo, Brazil, , , , , , BR

    J. G. M. P. Caldas

  2. Service de Neuroradiologie, Hopital Bicetre, 78, rue du General Leclerc, 94275 Le Kremlin Bicetre cedex, France e-mail dominique.doyon@bct.ap-hop-paris. fr; Fax + 33-01-45 21 23 17, , , , , , FR

    C. Iffenecker, P. Lasjaunias & D. Doyon

  3. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hopital Bicetre, France, , , , , , FR

    P. Attal

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Received: 23 February 1998 Accepted: 7 March 1998

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Caldas, J., Iffenecker, C., Attal, P. et al. Anomalous vessel in the middle ear: the role of CT and MR angiography. Neuroradiology 40, 748–751 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002340050677

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