Nonpulsatile Carotid Body Tumor in a Teenager
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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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عنوان ژورنال: Ear, Nose & Throat Journal
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0145-5613,1942-7522
DOI: 10.1177/014556130508400307