Abstract Background Obesity is a major health problem that affects different vascular systems, including cerebrovascular circulation. Carotid duplex the best screening tool for early diagnosis of changes in relation to risk factors obesity. The present study aims evaluate effect body mass index on parameters extracranial vessels healthy subjects using ultrasonography. Results intimal medial thi...

In the present case report, a rare bilateral carotid body tumor (CBT) and the imaging and pathological features of a CBT are described. In the present report, a rare case of bilateral carotid body tumor, which developed in the bifurcation of the common carotid artery, and the clinical manifestations, imaging and pathological features of this CBT are summarized. The imaging cannot validate the d...

OBJECTIVE There is no definitive consensus on the impact of preoperative embolization on carotid body paraganglioma management. The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of preoperative embolization on carotid body paraganglioma excision. DATA SOURCES A systematic search was conducted without limits, and it included studies published on or before July 2013 from PubMed, CINAHL, Web o...