Herein we report the management of a giant, high-grade and vascular carotid body tumor in a young woman. She presented with slowly progressive neck swelling. Vascular imaging revealed a left-sided, high-grade giant carotid body tumor (> 8cm).  The tumor was completely excised by caudocranial subadventitial dissection. Histology of the tumor revealed a characteristic Zellballen pattern of the le...

Bilateral carotid body tumor resection causes a permanent attenuation of vagal baroreflex sensitivity. We retrospectively examined the effects of bilateral carotid body tumor resection on the baroreflex control of sympathetic nerve traffic. Muscle sympathetic nerve activity was recorded in 5 patients after bilateral carotid body tumor resection (1 man and 4 women, 51+/-11 years) and 6 healthy c...

Carotid body tumours are rare benign that originate from neural non-chromaffin cells typically localized near bifurcation of carotid artery. Reported incidence tumor was 1-2 per 100,000. Surgical removal the is most definitive treatment. It has a high perioperative morbidity and mortality We combined general anaesthesia with regional technique for better haemodynamic stability. Basic elements a...