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Carotid Body Tumor in a 26-Year-Old Male Patient Managed With Preoperative Embolization
Carotid body tumors are rare, highly vascularized neuroendocrine tumors that arise near the bifurcation of the common carotid artery (CCA). Controversy exists in the management of those tumors about whether preoperative embolization facilitates surgical excision and decreases perioperative complicat...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10696408/ http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.49917 |
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author | Avgerinos, Nikolaos Avgerinos, Ilias Troupis, Theodore Chrysikos, Dimosthenis Georgopoulos, Sotirios |
author_facet | Avgerinos, Nikolaos Avgerinos, Ilias Troupis, Theodore Chrysikos, Dimosthenis Georgopoulos, Sotirios |
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description | Carotid body tumors are rare, highly vascularized neuroendocrine tumors that arise near the bifurcation of the common carotid artery (CCA). Controversy exists in the management of those tumors about whether preoperative embolization facilitates surgical excision and decreases perioperative complication risk. We present the case of a 26-year-old patient with a carotid body tumor manifesting as a painless pulsatile mass in the anterior triangle over the left side of the neck and provide details of the preoperative diagnostic steps. Treatment included preoperative embolization of the tumor followed by surgical excision after 48 hours to safely address this rare pathology, resulting in a favorable outcome for the patient. |
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spelling | pubmed-106964082023-12-06 Carotid Body Tumor in a 26-Year-Old Male Patient Managed With Preoperative Embolization Avgerinos, Nikolaos Avgerinos, Ilias Troupis, Theodore Chrysikos, Dimosthenis Georgopoulos, Sotirios Cureus Anatomy Carotid body tumors are rare, highly vascularized neuroendocrine tumors that arise near the bifurcation of the common carotid artery (CCA). Controversy exists in the management of those tumors about whether preoperative embolization facilitates surgical excision and decreases perioperative complication risk. We present the case of a 26-year-old patient with a carotid body tumor manifesting as a painless pulsatile mass in the anterior triangle over the left side of the neck and provide details of the preoperative diagnostic steps. Treatment included preoperative embolization of the tumor followed by surgical excision after 48 hours to safely address this rare pathology, resulting in a favorable outcome for the patient. Cureus 2023-12-04 /pmc/articles/PMC10696408/ http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.49917 Text en Copyright © 2023, Avgerinos et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Anatomy Avgerinos, Nikolaos Avgerinos, Ilias Troupis, Theodore Chrysikos, Dimosthenis Georgopoulos, Sotirios Carotid Body Tumor in a 26-Year-Old Male Patient Managed With Preoperative Embolization |
title | Carotid Body Tumor in a 26-Year-Old Male Patient Managed With Preoperative Embolization |
title_full | Carotid Body Tumor in a 26-Year-Old Male Patient Managed With Preoperative Embolization |
title_fullStr | Carotid Body Tumor in a 26-Year-Old Male Patient Managed With Preoperative Embolization |
title_full_unstemmed | Carotid Body Tumor in a 26-Year-Old Male Patient Managed With Preoperative Embolization |
title_short | Carotid Body Tumor in a 26-Year-Old Male Patient Managed With Preoperative Embolization |
title_sort | carotid body tumor in a 26-year-old male patient managed with preoperative embolization |
topic | Anatomy |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10696408/ http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.49917 |
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