Carotid Body Tumours: Benign but Challenging
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Carotid Body Tumours: A Review
The carotid body is a small structure weighing 12 mg located in the adventitia of carotid artery bifurcation acting as a chemoreceptor. Carotid body tumour (CBT); formerly known as chemodectoma is a rare, highly vascular, mostly benign tumour arising from the paraganglia of carotid body; hence, the name (carotid paraganglioma). The high vascularity and proximity to cranial nerves and major vess...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1078-5884
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2018.12.005