title: [Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of radiotherapy induced carotid stenosis--case report].
abstract: Frequent delayed effect of radiation therapy in the region of neck is stenosis of carotid arteries. We report the case of 32 years old man with history of radiation therapy due to Hodgkin lymphoma, and severe stenosis of the right common carotid artery. Stenosis was succesfuly treated by percutaneous transluminal angioplasty with implantation of two bare-metal stents.
authors.affiliation: Centar za invazivnu dijagnostiku i terapiju, IKVB Dedinje, Beograd.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sagić
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kecmanović
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vidaković
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kovacević
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Antonić
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stanisić
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ilijevski
authors.forename: Dj
authors.initials: Dj
authors.lastname: Radak
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D017536:Carotid Artery, Common; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000628:therapy*; D015607:Stents