Aim: We present our experience about surgical resection of carotid body tumor (CBT) and to define the role of colour coded ultrasound (CCU) and of somatostatin receptor scintigraphy (SRS) with Indium-111-DTPA-pentreotide (Octreoscan®) using both planar and single photon emission tomography (SPECT) technique. Methods: Twenty-three patients suffering from 27 CBTs were treated from 1997 to 2014. P...

An 83-year-old man presented with drowsiness, dysarthria, anosognosia, forced right gaze deviation and left hemianopia, hemiplegia, and hemianesthesia consistent with a right hemispheric stroke. A painless, nonpulsatile, right cervical mass was noted. CT angiography demonstrated a right carotid body tumor (CBT) occluding the ipsilateral internal carotid artery (figure) and a fetal-type right po...

PURPOSE Childhood brain tumor survivors (CBTS) are at risk for developing obesity, which negatively influences cardiometabolic health. The prevalence of obesity in CBTS may have been overestimated previous cohorts because inclusion children with craniopharyngioma. On the contrary, degree weight gain underestimated exclusion who experienced gain, but were neither overweight nor obese. Weight be ...

carotid body tumors (cbts) are rare, slow-growing tumors that should be considered in evaluating every lateral neck mass. this single center study was performed to define demographic features, clinical characteristics and remedies of iranian patients with cbt. a retrospective review of prospectively collected data was done on 45 patients with 50 cbts who have been referred to sina hospital, teh...