Objective: To study the distribution and treatment results of p tients with carotid body tumors (CBT). Design: Retrospective study. Setting: Tertiary care center, South India. Materials and Methods: Nineteen patients with carotid body tumors seen over the last 15 years of whom 16 were operated upon. Outcomes: Operating time, intraoperative blood loss, in-hospital morbidity and mortality and rec...

BACKGROUND: The carotid body paraganglioma (chemodectoma) is a relatively rare neoplasm of obscure origin. These are usually benign and commonly present as asymptomatic cervical mass. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Records of 12 patients (9 female and 3 male) with carotid body tumors treated between 1982 and 2003, treated at our center were retrospectively reviewed. Data on classification, clinical pres...

conclusions the present study was the first research, in which rectum temperature was compared with that of skin over carotid artery, to find a safe location with easier access and higher accuracy for estimating near core body temperature. results obtained in this study showed that, using a model, it is possible to evaluate near core body temperature in children, by measuring skin temperature o...

abstract  introduction: hypertension is a very common cardiovascular disease with extensive effects on body organs. this study was conducted to compare the extent of target organ damage in hypertensive patients with and without significant nocturnal fall in blood pressure (dippers and non-dippers, respectively). methods: one-hundred patients with recently diagnosed hypertension underwent 24-hou...

Carotid body tumors are rare benign tumors of the neck but dangerous because their vascular nature and position between Internal and External carotid arteries quite sitting on the carotid bifurcation. Carotid body tumours are paragangliomas, tumors, originating from paraganglionic bodies of autonomous nerve system of the embriological neural crest and increasing gradually. Despite their gradual...