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Figure 6


Fig 6. An elderly man with a recurrent head and neck cancer presenting with pulsatile bleeding through the oral cavity. A, CT angiogram of the neck shows an ulcerated left oropharyngeal mass (arrowheads) that encases the left ECA (arrow). B, Common carotid angiogram reveals a long-segment tumor encasement of the left ECA. C, The ECA is embolized with fibered and detachable platinum coils. The patient did not have additional episodes of bleeding after the embolization.