Caldas J G, Iffenecker C, Attal P, Lasjaunias P, Doyon D
Department of Radiology, Hospital Clînicas, Universidade São Paulo, Brazil.
Neuroradiology. 1998 Nov;40(11):748-51. doi: 10.1007/s002340050677.
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.
