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Right carotid paraganglioma extending to skull base.
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Computed tomography angiography (CTA) of supra-aortic trunks confirmed the diagnosis of a carotid paraganglioma Shamblin III with skull base extension (Figure 1).
Use of Ligasure  system and block resection of the carotid paraganglioma.
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Therefore, we performed ligation of all branches of the external carotid artery with the Ligasure  Small Jaw Instrument LF1212 system and used it throughout the procedure for most blood vessels (Figure 2).