In:
Kırıkkale Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi, Kirikkale Universitesi Tıp Fakultesi Dergisi, Vol. 21, No. 3 ( 2019-12-31), p. 417-422
Abstract:
Objective: The aim was to evaluate the outcomes
of preoperative endovascular embolization for glomus tumors including glomus caroticum, glomus jugulare, and glomus vagale.Material and Methods: Between 2012 and 2017, eighteen
patients with glomus tumors were diagnosed by angiography and some of them were embolized. Data were extracted for demographics, tumor subtype and size,
embolization, and the rate of complication. The efficacy of tumor embolization was determined by comparing angiography before and after the intervention.
Patients were followed-up for at least 24-48 hours for vital signs and possible complications.Results: A total of 18 patients underwent
diagnostic angiography and of these, tumor was embolized in 10 patients. Six patients had glomus jugulare, 1 had glomus vagale, 10 had glomus caroticum and
1 had concurrent glomus caroticum and vagale. The most common embolized artery was ascending pharyngeal artery with a rate of 50%. Post-embolization
angiography revealed that blood flow to tumor had decreased at least by 70%. No complications related to the procedure were experienced in any of the patients.
Conclusion: Endovascular selective artery embolization prior to surgery is a safe and effective method in treatment of glomus tumors.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2148-9645
DOI:
10.24938/kutfd.602951
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
Kirikkale Universitesi Tıp Fakultesi Dergisi
Publication Date:
2019
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