Direct percutaneous embolization of a carotid body tumor with Onyx: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 124-127

  Elhammady, Mohamed Samy A ^a   Farhat, Hamad ^a   Ziayee, Habib ^a   Aziz Sultan, Mohammad Ali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid body tumor; Onyx; Percutaneous embolization

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE VINYL ALCOHOL COPOLYMER; ETHYLENE-VINYL ALCOHOL COPOLYMER; POLYVINYL DERIVATIVE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN SURGERY; CAROTID BODY TUMOR; CASE REPORT; DEVASCULARIZATION; EXTRAVASATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; NEEDLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR TUMOR; BLOOD FLOW; METHODOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; CAROTID BODY TUMOR; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HUMANS; MALE; POLYVINYLS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 60749122775     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.4.17513     Document Type: Article

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