Patients of the familial carotid body tumor
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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: JOURNAL OF JAPAN SOCIETY FOR HEAD AND NECK SURGERY
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1349-581X,1884-474X
DOI: 10.5106/jjshns.11.103