A case of Carotid Body Tumor

Kazuo Sakurai; Hiroshi Kadoyama; Seiji Horibe; Masakazu Miyagishima; Toshiko Mamiya; Kensei Naito

doi:10.5106/jjshns.11.115

Kazuo Sakurai, Hiroshi Kadoyama, Seiji Horibe, Masakazu Miyagishima, Toshiko Mamiya, Kensei Naito

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Keywords: carotid body tumor, paraganglioma, reconstruction of carotid artery, radiological diagnosisl

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2001 Volume 11 Issue 3 Pages 115-118

DOI https://doi.org/10.5106/jjshns.11.115

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Abstract

A case of carotid body tumor was reported . The patient was a 69-year-old male, who complained of a swelling in the left upper neck . Enhanced CT and carotid angiography revealed a hypervascular tumor at the bifurcation.Matas test and SPELT (single photon emmision CT) were usef ull for preoperative evaluation of intracranial hemodynamics. The tumor was resected together with the bifurcation and carotid artery was sutured with internal carotid artery.The patient had no complication after operation . On histopathological study, the tumor was diagnosed as paraganglioma.

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