B-mode ultrasound demonstration of non-luminal carotid artery invasion by tumour.
Invasion of the adventitia of the carotid artery by tumour is not demonstrated by contrast CT scanning. We report a case in which B-mode ultrasound was successfully used to demonstrate this.
Gaffney
R J
RJ
Department of Otolaryngology, St James's Hospital, Dublin.
Viani
L
L
McShane
D P
DP
D000328:Adult; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D014463:Ultrasonography