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Transpharyngeal Ultrasound Detection of Carotid Body Paraganglioma
Author(s) -
Khanna Deepak,
Cheng Peter H.,
C. Nanda Navin,
Sinha Ashish,
Htay Thein,
Singh Vikramjit,
Elkhier Abdalla
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.0742-2822.2004.03140.x
Subject(s) - carotid body , paraganglioma , medicine , ultrasound , radiology , carotid arteries , cardiology
We report a patient in whom a right carotid body paraganglioma was delineated using a transpharyngeal approach during a transesophageal echocardiographic (TEE) study. Color Doppler‐guided pulsed‐Doppler interrogation of the right internal carotid artery in the tumor region, revealed high maximum systolic and maximum diastolic velocities of 1.5 m/s and 1.0 m/s, respectively, suggestive of tumor compression. (ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, Volume 21, April 2004)