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Sargent, Tyler B.

A5071968327 | I1330342723

Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic

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Identifying Potential Carotid Blowout on Post-Treatment Neck Surveillance Imaging

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography | December 15, 2025 | Volume: 50 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 489-492

10.1097/rct.0000000000001833 | PMID 41396191

Carotid blowout is the rupture of a carotid artery or branch vessel, a dangerous complication in post-treatment head and neck cancer patients. The purpose of this retrospective case review is to identify imaging features suggestive of eminent carotid blowout on routine surveillance post-treatment neck imaging, so that a prompt neuroendovascular consult is obtained and the patient is preemptively treated, thus improving patient outcomes. It is important to carefully interrogate the carotid vessels with appropriate window/leveling for irregularity, adjacent tissue ulceration, exposed vessel to either air or fluid, surrounding tumor, and pseudoaneurysm.