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Arteriovenous fistulae of the ascending pharyngeal artery (AP) and internal jugular vein (IJ) are rare. Only two spontaneous AP-IJ fistulae have been described previously, both of which presented with pulsatile tinnitus. A unique case of an AP-IJ fistula developing after radical neck dissection is described in which the clinical presentation was identical to that of a carotid-cavernous fistula.
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Chaloupka, J.C., Kibble, M.B. & Hoffman, J.C. Ascending pharyngeal artery-internal jugular vein fistula complicating radical neck dissection. Neuroradiology 34, 524–525 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00598966
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00598966