Anesthesia & Clinical Research
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Luigi Irace

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• Research Article
  Radioguided Surgical Resection of Carotid Body Tumors
  Author(s): Ombretta Martinelli, Mauro Fresilli, Alessia Alunno, Luigi Irace, Salvatore Venosi and Bruno Gossetti Ombretta Martinelli, Mauro Fresilli, Alessia Alunno, Luigi Irace, Salvatore Venosi and Bruno Gossetti
  
  Aim: We present our experience about surgical resection of Carotid body tumor (CBT) and to define the role of colour coded ultrasound (CCU) and of somatostatin receptor scintigraphy (SRS) with Indium-111-DTPA-pentreotide (Octreoscan) using both planar and single photon emission tomography (SPECT) technique. Methods: Twenty-three patients suffering from 27 CBTs were treated from 1997 to 2014. Preoperative investigations included CCU and SRS-SPECT. All tumours were grouped according to Shamblin's classification. Intraoperative radiocaptation by Octreoscan was also carried out in all cases to evaluate the radicality of surgery. Results: Preoperatively CCU showed CBTs with sensitivity 100%. Radioisotope imaging identified the CBTs as carotid body tumors in 25 cases while no radio isotopic uptake was detected in 2 cervica.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-6148.1000519

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