[Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of radiotherapy induced carotid stenosis--case report]

D Sagić; V Kecmanović; R Vidaković; V Kovacević; Z Antonić; M Stanisić; N Ilijevski; Dj Radak

doi:10.2298/aci0904047s

[Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of radiotherapy induced carotid stenosis--case report]

Acta Chir Iugosl. 2009;56(4):47-9. doi: 10.2298/aci0904047s.

[Article in Serbian]

Authors

D Sagić¹, V Kecmanović, R Vidaković, V Kovacević, Z Antonić, M Stanisić, N Ilijevski, Dj Radak

Affiliation

¹ Centar za invazivnu dijagnostiku i terapiju, IKVB Dedinje, Beograd.

PMID: 20419996
DOI: 10.2298/aci0904047s

Abstract

Frequent delayed effect of radiation therapy in the region of neck is stenosis of carotid arteries. We report the case of 32 years old man with history of radiation therapy due to Hodgkin lymphoma, and severe stenosis of the right common carotid artery. Stenosis was succesfuly treated by percutaneous transluminal angioplasty with implantation of two bare-metal stents.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Adult
Angioplasty, Balloon*
Carotid Artery, Common*
Carotid Stenosis / etiology
Carotid Stenosis / therapy*
Head and Neck Neoplasms / radiotherapy
Humans
Male
Radiation Injuries / therapy*
Stents*