Abstract Background: Paragangliomas of head and neck are highly vascular tumors, which coupled their surgical excision with high morbidity. Pre-operative transarterial super selective embolization markedly improved safety of their surgical excision. Patients and Methods: This is a retrospective non-randomized clinical and angiographic study of all ten patients with paragangliomas who undergone pre-operative emboliza-tion in Department of Neurosurgery-Tanta University between 2010 and 2016. Results: The ten patients had 11 paragangliomas. 80% of patients were females. The average age of patients was 47 years. All patients had pain and pulsatile tinnitus at diagnosis. Paragangliomas subtypes comprised 8 temporal, 2 carotid body and one vagale tumors. The average reduction of para-ganglioma vascularity after embolization was 80%. Conclusions: Pre-operative transarterial embolization of head and neck paragangliomas is a very safe and effective adjuvant to surgical excision.
AHMED ELSHARKAWY, M.D., Ph.D., M. S. M. P. (2019). Endovascular Management of Paragangliomas. The Medical Journal of Cairo University, 87(September), 3443-3449. doi: 10.21608/mjcu.2019.65641
MLA
MOHAMED SHADAD, M.D., Ph.D.; AHMED ELSHARKAWY, M.D., Ph.D.. "Endovascular Management of Paragangliomas". The Medical Journal of Cairo University, 87, September, 2019, 3443-3449. doi: 10.21608/mjcu.2019.65641
HARVARD
AHMED ELSHARKAWY, M.D., Ph.D., M. S. M. P. (2019). 'Endovascular Management of Paragangliomas', The Medical Journal of Cairo University, 87(September), pp. 3443-3449. doi: 10.21608/mjcu.2019.65641
VANCOUVER
AHMED ELSHARKAWY, M.D., Ph.D., M. S. M. P. Endovascular Management of Paragangliomas. The Medical Journal of Cairo University, 2019; 87(September): 3443-3449. doi: 10.21608/mjcu.2019.65641
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