Combined endovascular and surgical treatment of carotid body tumor in a patient with thoracic situs solitus

Head and Neck

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1523-1526

  Pecorari, Giancarlo ^a   Roccia, Fabio ^a   Nadalin, Juri ^a   Giordano, Carlo ^a   Garzaro, Massimiliano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carotid body tumor; Cyanogenic cardiac malformation; Endovascular treatment; Surgical treatment; Thoracic situs solitus

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CAROTID BODY TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; CAROTID BODY TUMOR; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; SITUS INVERSUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55549087238     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20806     Document Type: Article

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