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

• Published in: Angiologii͡a︡ 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
• Language: Russian
• 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

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...