A Unique Case of Carotid Splaying by a Cervical Vagal Neurofibroma and the Role of Neuroradiology in Surgical Management

Carotid splaying, also known as the Lyre sign, is a widening of the carotid bifurcation due to the displacement of the internal carotid artery and the external carotid artery just distal to the point of divergence. This phenomenon is classically exhibited by highly vascularized carotid body tumors a...

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Autores principales: Itawi, Sally A, Buehler, Mark, Mrak, Robert E, Mansour, Tarek R, Medhkour, Yacine, Medhkour, Azedine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2017
Materias:
Neurosurgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5675600/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29147633
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1658

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5675600/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29147633
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1658

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