title: Transpharyngeal ultrasound detection of carotid body paraganglioma.
abstract: We report a patient in whom a right carotid body paraganglioma was delineated using a transpharyngeal approach during a transesophageal echocardiographic (TEE) study. Color Doppler-guided pulsed-Doppler interrogation of the right internal carotid artery in the tumor region, revealed high maximum systolic and maximum diastolic velocities of 1.5 m/s and 1.0 m/s, respectively, suggestive of tumor compression.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Disease, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35249, USA.
authors.forename: Deepak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Khanna
authors.forename: Peter H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Navin C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Nanda
authors.forename: Ashish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.forename: Thein
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Htay
authors.forename: Vikramjit
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Abdalla
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Elkhier
mesh_terms: D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002345:Carotid Body Tumor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010614:Pharynx; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color