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Paraganglioma : carotid body tumor [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
Os autores relatam dois casos com diagnóstico de tumor de corpo carotídeo. descrevendo os aspectos ultra-sonográficos e tomográficos das lesões. São feitos comentários sobre a abrangência clínica dessa doença e discutidos os aspectos diagnósticos ...
Furtado, Álvaro Porto Alegre   +5 more
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The Importance of Flowmetry in Carotid Body Tumor Surgery: A Case Report

open access: yesEurasian Journal of Medicine, 2019
Carotid body tumors arise from the embryonic neural crest. These tumors are mostly benign, and they rarely show character. Bifurcation of the carotid body cells originates from a common carotid paraganglion; a tumoral mass lateral to the carotid ...
Abdurrahim Colak   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Giant carotid chemodectoma treated with a combination of surgery and CyberKnife radiotherapy: a case report and review of the literature

open access: yesJournal of Medical Case Reports, 2022
Background Paragangliomas are rare vascular neuroendocrine tumors that develop in the extra-adrenal paraganglion tissue. They occur most commonly at the carotid bifurcation, where they are known as carotid body tumors.
José M. López-Arcas   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tumor de corpo carotídeo (paraganglioma): relato de dois casos submetidos a tratamento cirúrgico

open access: yesJornal Vascular Brasileiro
Resumo O tumor de corpo carotídeo é uma neoplasia rara, geralmente benigna, que acomete, sobretudo, indivíduos entre a quarta e a quinta décadas de vida.
Nelson Mesquita Junior   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Noninvasive Imaging of Carotid Arterial Strain Using Displacement-Encoded MRI [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Stroke is the leading cause of disability in the United States and the third leading cause of death. These “brain attacks” occur when atherosclerosis, the progressive process of thickening and hardening of arterial walls, develops in the carotid ...
Lin, Alexander Pei-Den Peter
core   +1 more source

Carotid body tumor presenting with acute internal carotid artery occlusion: Case report and review of the literature

open access: yesAnnals of Vascular Surgery - Brief Reports and Innovations
Carotid body tumors are the most common paragangliomas of the head and neck. Although stroke is a known potential complication following surgical resection, it is a very unusual presenting symptom.
Abdulrahman Saad Aldakkan
doaj   +1 more source

Length of carotid stenosis predicts peri-procedural stroke or death and restenosis in patients randomized to endovascular treatment or endarterectomy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
BackgroundThe anatomy of carotid stenosis may influence the outcome of endovascular treatment or carotid endarterectomy. Whether anatomy favors one treatment over the other in terms of safety or efficacy has not been investigated in randomized trials ...
Sandercock, Peter   +206 more
core   +1 more source

Carotid Body Tumor – radiological imaging and genetic assessment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Carotid Body Tumor i.e. Paraganglioma is a challenging entity from the point of view of multidisciplinary diagnosis. The main treatment option, i.e. surgery, yields intraoperative risk related to cranial nerve palsy and vascular morbidity. Bifurcation of
Łukasiewicz, Adam   +3 more
core  

Carotid body tumor as a potential cause of paroxysmal hemicrania

open access: yesJournal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques, 2020
A 70-year-old woman presented to our emergency department with a severe left-sided headache. The headache's location and accompanying symptoms are consistent with paroxysmal hemicrania. On workup, a cervical computed tomography scan incidentally revealed
Caywin Zhuang, BA, Brian Beeman, MD
doaj   +1 more source

Case of a Malignant Carotid Body Tumor With Systemic Metastases: The Utility of Multimodal Imaging

open access: yes, 2019
Carotid body tumors (CBTs) are rare neoplastic paragangliomas that are typically benign; however, 10% to 15% are malignant with local invasion and, in rare cases, metastases systemically.
White, Alison   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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