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Surgical management of carotid body tumors: A 15-year review
Objective: To study the distribution and treatment results of p tients with carotid body tumors (CBT). Design: Retrospective study. Setting: Tertiary care center, South India. Materials and Methods: Nineteen patients with carotid body tumors seen over the last 15 years of whom 16 were operated upon. Outcomes: Operating time, intraoperative blood loss, in-hospital morbidity and mortality and rec...
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In this report of 20 patients with 24 carotid body tumors which is the largest series reported so far from Iran, we have evaluated the various characteristics of this relatively rare tumor in our population and compared our results with that of the literature. Although the prevalence of the tumor is cited to be equal among both sexes, we found a female to male ratio of 2.3 to I, as 14 of o...
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The carotid is a small mass of chemoreceptor's and sustentacular cells that detects changes in the composition of the arterial blood. The aim of the present study was to identify the size, color, location, blood and nerve supply of the carotid body in Makouei sheep. Fourteen heads of sheep from both sexes were collected from Urmia public slaughter-house. The exact situation and nerve supply of ...
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conclusions this study provided clinico-epidemiological data on patients with cbt, which could be useful for prompt diagnosis and appropriate work-up for patients and families with cbts. results overall, 48 patients with 51 cbts were included in the study. the cbts were bilateral in 3 (6.25%) cases. the cardinal presentations of these cervical masses were unanimous in all patients; 6 (12.5%) ha...
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BACKGROUND Carotid body tumors are rare, highly vascularized neoplasms that arise from the paraganglia located at the carotid bifurcation. Surgery is the only curative treatment. However, treatment of bilateral carotid body tumors represents a special challenge due to potential neurovascular complications. CASE REPORT We present the therapeutic management of a 34-year-old woman with bilateral...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
سال: 1980
ISSN: 0007-9235
DOI: 10.3322/canjclin.30.5.260