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case_images: Left middle cranial fossa illustrating the arterial variant identified in this case report. Note the petrous internal carotid artery giving rise to the middle meningeal artery. Observe the unnamed foramen at the skull base that the artery uses to gain access from the petrous carotid artery to the floor of the middle cranial fossa. ICA: Internal carotid artery.
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case_images: However, medially, the vessel's origin was from the petrous portion of the ICA [Figure 1].