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Malignant carotid body tumor.
CASE PRESENTATION A 38-year-old woman initially presented with a 3-week history of decreased hearing in the left ear. Evaluationrevealedaleftserousotitismedia,withno evidenceofanasopharyngealmass.Shewastreated forallergicrhinitis,withsubsequentresolutionofher serous effusion. During the third trimester of her subsequent pregnancy, she noted a progressive globussensationandleft-sidedintermittent...
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INTRODUCTION The carotid body tumour was first described by von Haller in 1743. The first two, unsuccessfully surgically treated carotid body tumours, were done by Reinger in 1880 (his patient died), and by Maydel in 1886 (his patient developed hemiplegia). Scudder made the first successful surgical removal of the carotid body tumour in 1903. Using data from the Cologne (Germany) Medline Resear...
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CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE Carotid body tumors, or chemodectomas, are the most common head and neck paragangliomas, accounting for 80% of the cases. They may present minor symptoms; however, they deserve special attention in order to achieve accurate diagnosis and adequate treatment. The objectives of this study were to show the approach towards chemodectomas and evaluate the complications of the pa...
متن کاملMalignant carotid body tumor: a case report.
Malignant carotid body tumors are rare neoplasms which originate from the chemoreceptor cells at the carotid bifurcation. A 61-year-old man presented with a neck mass which was diagnosed as a malignant carotid body tumor. Surgical resection of the mass with accompanying lymph nodes was performed. No evidence for local recurrence or distant metastasis were detected during the follow-up period.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMC Medical Genomics
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1755-8794
DOI: 10.1186/s12920-018-0327-0