Cessation of Epilepsy in an 8-Year-Old Girl Following Removal of Carotid Body Paraganglioma

We present a case of an 8-year-old girl with established focal epilepsy, whose fits resolved permanently after excision of a carotid body paraganglioma.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Vascular and endovascular surgery 2009-02, Vol.43 (1), p.103-106
Hauptverfasser:	Wall, Michael L., Davies, Robert S. M., Warfield, Adrian T., Simms, Malcolm H.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Carotid Body Tumor - complications Carotid Body Tumor - pathology Carotid Body Tumor - surgery Child Epilepsy - etiology Epilepsy - pathology Epilepsy - prevention & control Female Humans Hypoglossal Nerve - pathology Hypoglossal Nerve - surgery Medical sciences Neoplasm Invasiveness Neurology Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Sympathetic Nervous System - pathology Sympathetic Nervous System - surgery Treatment Outcome Vagus Nerve - pathology Vagus Nerve - surgery Vascular diseases and vascular malformations of the nervous system Vascular surgery: aorta, extremities, vena cava. Surgery of the lymphatic vessels
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Zusammenfassung:	We present a case of an 8-year-old girl with established focal epilepsy, whose fits resolved permanently after excision of a carotid body paraganglioma.
ISSN:	1538-5744 1938-9116
DOI:	10.1177/1538574408323847