| Title | Case report. Intra-arterial chemotherapy for laryngeal cancer via a non-bifurcating carotid artery. | | Author(s) | Murono S, Nakanishi Y, Minami T, Matsui O, Furukawa M, Yoshizaki T | | Institution | Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan. murono@med.kanazawa-u.ac.jp | | Source | Br J Radiol 2009 Oct; 82(982):e197-9. | | MeSH | Antineoplastic Agents
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
Carotid Artery, Common
Contrast Media
Female
Humans
Infusions, Intra-Arterial
Laryngeal Neoplasms
Middle Aged
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
| | Abstract | The common carotid artery (CCA) usually divides into the internal carotid artery (ICA) and the external carotid artery (ECA). We present an extremely rare case of a non-bifurcating carotid artery through which intra-arterial chemotherapy for laryngeal cancer was administered. The CCA angiogram, as well as ultrasonographic evaluation of the carotid arteries, demonstrated a non-bifurcating CCA that subsequently constituted the ICA. Furthermore, several branches normally given off by the ECA arose directly from the single carotid artery. Superselective intra-arterial infusion of cis-diamminedichloroplatinum (II) (CDDP) was subsequently performed. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Case Reports
Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 19759204 |
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