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- Title
Management of sizeable carotid body tumor: Case report and review of literature.
- Authors
Elsharawy, Mohamed A.; Alsaif, Hind; Elsaid, Aymen; Kredees, Ali
- Abstract
Carotid body tumor is a paraganglioma derived from the neural crest. It arises from the carotid body which acts as a vascular chemoreceptors and is usually located at the carotid bifurcation. Sizeable (Shamblin III, >5 cm size) tumors are large and typically encase the carotid artery requiring vessel resection and replacement. Management of such tumors carries a high risk of postoperative mortality and morbidity rates specially with regards to neurovascular complications. We report a case of sizeable tumor which was surgically removed with minimal complications.
- Subjects
CAROTID body; NONCHROMAFFIN paraganglia; CHEMORECEPTORS; CYSTS (Pathology); SENSORY receptors
- Publication
Avicenna Journal of Medicine, 2013, Vol 3, Issue 4, p106
- ISSN
2231-0770
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/2231-0770.120503