Open AccessImaging criteria to predict Shamblin group in carotid body tumors – revisited
Author(s) -
Anitha Jasper,
Suraj Mammen,
Mahasampath Gowri,
Shyamkumar N. Keshava,
Dheepak Selvaraj
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
diagnostic and interventional radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.754
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1305-3612
pISSN - 1305-3825
DOI - 10.5152/dir.2021.20028
Subject(s) - medicine , carotid body , radiology , carotid arteries
This study aims to compare the imaging findings of carotid body tumors on contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) with the intraoperative Shamblin grade and to evolve an imaging-based scoring system that can accurately predict the Shamblin grade.