Radical removal of carotid chemodectoma followed by prosthetic repair of the internal carotid artery

Presented herein is a case report of successful surgical management of a 34-year-old female patient diagnosed with carotid chemodectoma, a relatively rare pathology vascular surgeons come across and have to deal with. A comprehensive examination (including duplex scanning of cervical arteries, multi...

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Published inAngiologii͡a︡ i sosudistai͡a︡ khirurgii͡a Vol. 14; no. 4; p. 133
Main Authors Cherniavskiĭ, A M, Starodubtsev, V B, Bakharev, A V, Stoliarov, M S, Efanova, O S, Efendiev, V U
Format Journal Article
LanguageRussian
Published Russia (Federation) 2008
Subjects
Adult
Blood Vessel Prosthesis
Carotid Artery, Internal - diagnostic imaging
Carotid Artery, Internal - surgery
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal - diagnosis
Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal - surgery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex
Vascular Neoplasms - diagnosis
Vascular Neoplasms - surgery
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Summary:Presented herein is a case report of successful surgical management of a 34-year-old female patient diagnosed with carotid chemodectoma, a relatively rare pathology vascular surgeons come across and have to deal with. A comprehensive examination (including duplex scanning of cervical arteries, multispiral CT angiography) revealed a 7 x 8 cm cervical tumour completely invading the walls of both the external and internal carotid arteries, thus requiring their resection, followed by prosthetic replacement of the internal carotid artery with a synthetic graft. The postoperative period turned out uneventful. On the 7th postoperative day, the patient was discharged home from hospital in a satisfactory condition with good laboratory and haemodynamic values.
ISSN:1027-6661