Tortuosity of the internal carotid artery detected during tonsillectomy: two case reports

Levent GÜRBÜZLER; Ahmet EYİBİLEN; İbrahim ALADAĞ

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Tortuosity of the internal carotid artery detected during tonsillectomy: two case reports

Authors:

Levent GÜRBÜZLER | Ahmet EYİBİLEN | İbrahim ALADAĞ

Publisher:

Istanbul University

Journal:

The Turkish Journal of Ear Nose and Throat 2013 Vol.23 Issue 2

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

6/2013

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000806803

Frequency:

Quarterly

eISSN:

2602-4837

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Abstract:

 

Tonsillectomy is one of the most common performed surgical procedures in childhood. Tortuosity of the internal carotid artery  ICA  is an anatomical variation of the course of the ICA, and can be seen at any levels along the course of the artery, even in lateral oropharyngeal wall. In this article, we present two cases in which ICA tortuosity detected as a pulsating mass in the lateral oropharyngeal wall in an eightyear and a five-year-old girls, during tonsillectomy.

 

Tonsillektomi, çocukluk çağında yapılan en yaygın  cerrahi işlemlerden biridir. İnternal karotis arter   İKA  aşırı kıvrımı İKA’nın anatomik bir varyasyo- nudur ve arterin seyri boyunca herhangi bir bölge- de, hatta orofarengeal yan duvarda görülebilir. Bu  yazıda, sekiz ve beş yaşlarında iki kız çocuğunda  tonsillektomi esnasında saptanan ve yan orofaren- geal fossada pulsatif kitle olarak görünen İKA aşırı  kıvrımı olgusu sunuldu.

Article Details

Tortuosity of the internal carotid artery detected during tonsillectomy: two case reports

Authors:

Levent GÜRBÜZLER | Ahmet EYİBİLEN | İbrahim ALADAĞ

Publisher:

Istanbul University

Journal:

The Turkish Journal of Ear Nose and Throat 2013 Vol.23 Issue 2

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

6/2013

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000806803

Frequency:

Quarterly

eISSN:

2602-4837

Adenoidektomi

İnternal karotis arter

farenks

tonsillektomi

aşırı kıvrım

Issues

Article Details

Tortuosity of the internal carotid artery detected during tonsillectomy: two case reports

Authors: Levent GÜRBÜZLER | Ahmet EYİBİLEN | İbrahim ALADAĞ

Publisher: Istanbul University

Journal: The Turkish Journal of Ear Nose and Throat 2013 Vol.23 Issue 2

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 6/2013

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000806803

Frequency: Quarterly

eISSN: 2602-4837

Adenoidektomi

İnternal karotis arter

farenks

tonsillektomi

aşırı kıvrım

Issues

Authors:

Levent GÜRBÜZLER | Ahmet EYİBİLEN | İbrahim ALADAĞ

Publisher:

Istanbul University

Journal:

The Turkish Journal of Ear Nose and Throat 2013 Vol.23 Issue 2

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

6/2013

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000806803

Frequency:

Quarterly

eISSN:

2602-4837