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. 1997 Nov-Dec;25(9):481-5.
doi: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0096(199711/12)25:9<481::aid-jcu3>3.0.co;2-j.

Color Doppler imaging of paragangliomas in the neck

J C Jansen  1 , R J Baatenburg de Jong, J Schipper, A G van der Mey, A P van Gils
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Color Doppler imaging of paragangliomas in the neck

J C Jansen et al. J Clin Ultrasound. 1997 Nov-Dec.

Abstract

Purpose: In this study, we describe the color Doppler imaging findings in carotid body tumors and vagal body tumors.

Methods: B-mode and color Doppler imaging were performed on 17 patients who had a total of 25 previously diagnosed paragangliomas (14 carotid body tumors and 11 vagal body tumors).

Results: Nineteen of 25 tumors were depicted. Five small vagal body tumors in the region of the nodose ganglion and 1 carotid body tumor could not be depicted. With B-mode imaging, paragangliomas appeared as well-defined, solid, hypoechoic masses. With color Doppler imaging, hypervascularity with a low-resistance flow pattern was demonstrated in all but 1 of the 19 tumors.

Conclusions: The use of color Doppler imaging in the workup of an ambiguous neck mass is advocated.

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