Retropharyngeal Course of the Internal Carotid
Artery: A Case Report

Paul C Mocombe

Case Report

Retropharyngeal Course of the Internal Carotid Artery: A Case Report

Tatun TV¹, Astapenka KP², Valchkevich DA^*, Tokina I Yu¹, Savoshchenya D¹

¹Department of Normal Anatomy, Grodno State Medical University, Belarus

²Department of X-ray computer diagnostics, Grodno University Clinic, Belarus

Corresponding Author

Received Date: May 11, 2023; Published Date: May 31, 2023

Summary

A clinical case of bilateral C-shaped medial tortuosity of the internal carotid arteries and their location in the retropharyngeal space is described, and the anatomical and topographic features of the vessels of the head and neck on multiplanar reconstructions of CT images are considered in detail. Morphometric, topographic and X-ray anatomical characteristics of the internal carotid artery were established.

Keywords: Computer tomography; Internal carotid artery; Retropharyngeal space; Multiplanar reconstructions of CT images

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Citation

Tatun TV, Astapenka KP, Valchkevich DA*, Tokina I Yu, Savoshchenya D. Retropharyngeal Course of the Internal Carotid Artery: A Case Report. Arch Biomed Eng & Biotechnol. 7(3): 2023. ABEB.MS.ID.000661.