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A Rat Carotid Balloon Injury Model to Test Anti-vascular Remodeling Therapeutics
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Challenging carotid body tumor resection
Anne Kelly Rhudy1, Stephen Hohmann1, Lance Oxford2
1Department of Vascular Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Abstract:
We describe a multidisciplinary treatment option for a challenging carotid body tumor, Shamblin type III, resection via preoperative embolization and surgical resection. Postoperative vocal cord paralysis and cricopharyngeal achalasia were resolved with botulinum toxin and hyaluronic acid gel injections.
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