A Carotid Body Tumor Treated with End to End Anastomosis of the Carotid Artery |
Won Pyo Hong, MD1, Eun Chang Choi, MD1, Kyoung Soo Kim, MD1, Joo Hyun Eom, MD1, Eun Kyung Han, MD2, and In Jun Choi, MD2 |
1;Department of Otolaryngology, 2;Pathology, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Korea |
경동맥의 단단문합술을 요한 경동맥체종양 - Carotid Body Tumor - |
홍원표1 · 최은창1 · 김경수1 · 엄주현1 · 한은경2 · 최인준2 |
연세대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실1;병리학교실2; |
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ABSTRACT |
Carotid body tumor is the most common paraganglioma in the head and neck region. It is arising from carotid body which is one of the paraganglion in the intimate adherence and infiltration to the important carotid arteries. Till now there has been three cases reported in the Korean literature of our field. The two cases were treated with ligation of common carotid artery, so one of them was lost. Preserving carotid arterial flow is of extreme importance during surgery of this tumor. Recently we experienced a case of huge carotid body tomor classified into group III, treation with end in end anastomosis of carotid artery. So we report herein our case with a brief review of literatures.
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