Surgical Therapy of Internal Carotid Artery Lesions of the Skull Base and Temporal Bone

Abstract
Five cases of carotid artery lesions at the skull base or temporal bone, treated surgically, are presented. These lesions include mycotic aneurysms and carotid stenosis secondary to angiofibroma and a glomus caroticum. One case demonstrated an anomalous carotid anatomic pattern with a persistent stapedial artery.