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Carotid body paraganglioma [PDF]
Clinical Case Reports, 2019 Carotid body paraganglioma is commonly asymptomatic, slow‐growing, and nonfunctioning. With its relative contraindication to biopsy due to its high vascularity in nature, imaging characteristics are the key to help making the diagnosis.
Suwanna Pitchaiprasert +2 more
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Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 1965 THE CAROTID-body tumor is an uncommon neoplasm with less than 500 cases reported in literature. Many and varied names have been used to designate these tumors and in the past they were frequently classified as endotheliomas, angiomas, angiosarcomas, hamartomas, carcinomas, and reticulum-cell sarcomas.
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Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceThe aim of the study was to present a review of the literature and research on the carotid body (CB) over the past years and update the latest findings.
Semzenisi Ecaterina +4 more
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Carotid Body Size on CT Angiography in Patients With COVID-19 Pneumonia [PDF]
British Journal of Biomedical SciencePurposeMany pathophysiological theories have been expressed regarding increased sympathetic activity along with respiratory failure in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia. In addition, the carotid bodies, which are directly related to increased blood oxygen
Kamber Goksu +2 more
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Type II Cells in the Human Carotid Body Display P2X7 Receptor and Pannexin-1 Immunoreactivity [PDF]
BiomoleculesThe carotid body is a peripheral chemoreceptor that consists of clusters of chemoreceptive type I cells, glia-like type II cells, afferent and efferent nerves, and sinusoidal capillaries and arterioles.
Marcos Anache +10 more
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Bilateral carotid body tumor case: A novel preoperative management
Radiology Case Reports, 2022 Paragangliomas are rare neuroendocrine neoplasms. The most common form of these tumors in head and neck are non-functional carotid body tumors. These neoplasms may present an extensive growth and compromise vital neurovascular structures in the neck ...
Alberto Moscona-Nissan +6 more
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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022 BackgroundCarotid body tumor surgery is associated with various complications. However, intraoperative cardiac arrest is very rare and no more than 10 cases have been reported.Case descriptionA 58-year-old woman diagnosed with bilateral carotid body ...
Hong Yong Duan +7 more
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Cellular basis of learning and memory in the carotid body
Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience, 2022 The carotid body is the primary peripheral chemoreceptor in the body, and critical for respiration and cardiovascular adjustments during hypoxia.
Olivia M. S. Gold +4 more
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مجلة كلية الطب, 2009 Summary Background:-Carotid body tumors is an uncommon disease entity in Iraq , presented with painless swelling below the angle of the mandible , and is usually benign .The author reviews his personal surgical challenge with eight cases having had ...
Waleed M. Hussen Hussen
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Five-year outcome of a staged giant Shamblin type III carotid body tumor excision
Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques, 2023 Giant carotid body tumors, defined as those >8 cm in size, are extremely rare. Definitive surgical management is a complex undertaking because these large tumors tend to have grown to envelop cranial nerves and the carotid artery, and few data exist ...
James M. Dittman, MD +4 more
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