PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - J R Jinkins
TI  - The vidian artery in childhood tonsillar hypertrophy.
DP  - 1988 Jan 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 141--143
VI  - 9
IP  - 1
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/9/1/141.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/9/1/141.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.1988 Jan 01; 9
AB  - Cerebral arteriography performed in two children for cerebral pathology incidentally revealed prominent arterial supply to pharyngeal tonsillar tissue arising directly from the internal carotid arteries bilaterally. Embryologic considerations seem to indicate developmental origins of this vessel from early emanations of the first fetal aortic arch. Clinical implications revolve around the possible relation of the vidian artery to serious hemorrhage during or after otherwise uncomplicated tonsillectomy.