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FIG 5. A 49-year-old-man with a vagal paraganglioma (lateral view).
A, 3D TOF MIP (25/6.9/1/20° [TR/TE/excitations/flip angle]) shows enlarged ascending pharyngeal artery (large arrow) as a feeder despite the fact that the cranially placed slab for saturation of venous flow obscures the descending trunk of this artery (arrowheads).
B, On the digital subtraction angiogram, the complete course of the ascending pharyngeal artery (large arrow), including its descending trunk (arrowheads), is visible.
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