[Thorotrastoma--late damage following thorotrast arteriography].
We report two cases of cervical thorotrastoma. Thorotrast is no longer used as a radiographic contrast agent, so that the rare thorotrastoma is often forgotten in the differential diagnosis of hypopharyngeal tumours. Surgical treatment of a thorotrastoma is not recommenced.
D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000139:chemically induced*; D006099:Granuloma / Q000139:chemically induced*; D006801:Humans; D007013:Hypopharynx / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013911:Thorium Dioxide / Q000009:adverse effects*
D013911:Thorium Dioxide
Thorotrastome--Spätschäden nach Thorotrast-Arteriographie.