Carotid Body Tumour-MRI
Carotid body tumour (also known as a chemodectoma or carotid body paraganglioma) is a highly vascular glomus tumour that arises from the paraganglion cells of the carotid body. It is located at the carotid bifurcation with characteristic splaying of the ICA and ECA. On T1 WI, lesion is iso to hypointense compared to muscle salt and pepper appearance, representing a combination of punctate regions of haemorrhage or slow flow (salt) and flow voids (pepper) and is hyperintense compared to muscle on T2 WI. Case submitted by Dr Swati Shah, Dr Ajay Garg & Dr Sumer Sethi.
Carotid Body Tumour-MRI
Reviewed by Sumer Sethi
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Friday, November 02, 2012
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Reviewed by Sumer Sethi
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Friday, November 02, 2012
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Sumer Sethi
Unique blend of academic excellence and entrepreneurship, heading leading firms in India- Teleradiology Providers, pioneering company providing teleradiology services and DAMS (Delhi Academy of Medical Sciences) Premier test preparation institute in India for MD/MS/MCI preparation. He has also been an invited faculty member at various conferences, including Teleradiology in IRIA 2008 and 2011, Hospital Build Middle East, Congress of the Brain Tumor Radiology in Neuro-oncology Society. Dr. Sethi is Editor-in-Chief of Internet Journal of Radiology. He has a keen interest in Web 2.0 technologies and in maintaining his famous radiology blog, which has been featured in multiple international journals.
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