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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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A carotid body tumour is a rare presentation of an extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma. They commonly present with asymptomatic neck masses, and careful preoperative evaluation is required to find out the functional and vascular status of these tumours. We report three cases of carotid body paraganglioma, their evaluation, management and the final outcome.
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OBJECTIVES Carotid body tumours (CBTs) are rare vascular neoplasms originating in paraganglionic cells of the carotid bifurcation. The aim of this study was to review all patients diagnosed with CBTs in Northern Ireland. METHODS A retrospective review was performed of all patients who had CBTs treated at our institutions between 1987 and 2009. Patient demographics, clinical symptomatology, in...
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INTRODUCTION Carotid body tumours are rare but are interesting in their manner of presentation and challenging with respect to surgical extirpation. They may present as a neck mass from which a bloody aspirate is obtained on fine needle aspiration. They are occasionally diagnosed only at the time of surgery, when one encounters the vascular tumour mass. METHODS We reviewed the results of 8 ca...
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OBJECTIVE To review the current management of carotid body tumours and examine our own experience at the Singapore General Hospital. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective review. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Case note review of patients treated by the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Singapore General Hospital over a period of nine years from January 1999 to December 2007. RESULTS There w...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1982
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1507-a