Exome analysis of carotid body tumor
BMC Medical Genomics, 2018 Background Carotid body tumor (CBT) is a form of head and neck paragangliomas (HNPGLs) arising at the bifurcation of carotid arteries. Paragangliomas are commonly associated with germline and somatic mutations involving at least one of more than thirty ...
Anastasiya V. Snezhkina +25 more
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Five-year outcome of a staged giant Shamblin type III carotid body tumor excision [PDF]
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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Case Report: Managing a giant, high-grade carotid body tumor in a resource-limited setting [version 1; referees: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations] [PDF]
F1000Research, 2017 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).
Sunil Munakomi +2 more
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Challenges in the Management of Massive Carotid Body Tumor [PDF]
Case Reports in OtolaryngologyThe carotid body paraganglioma is a rare benign neoplasm arising from the chemoreceptor cells of the carotid bulb. The carotid body has the largest collection of paraganglia in the head and neck with 60–70% of head and neck paraganglioma. Paraganglia are
Oluwapelumi Olusoga-Peters +3 more
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Bilateral carotid body tumor in a 13-year-old child: Our experience
Journal of Head & Neck Physicians and Surgeons, 2017 Carotid body tumors are rare neuroendocrine tumors derived from the extra-adrenal paraganglioma of the autonomic nervous system. Very few cases have been reported in literature in the pediatric age group
Abhijeet Singh +3 more
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Vagal Paraganglioma of Neck Mimicking Carotid Body Tumor: Clues to Differentiate on Imaging. [PDF]
Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 2022 Singh P, Singh SP.
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Large carotid body tumor successfully resected in hybrid operating theatre: A case report
World Journal of Clinical Cases, 2019 BACKGROUND Surgical treatment for large carotid body tumor (CBT), particularly the Shamblin III type, is challenging and rarely reported. CASE SUMMARY In July 2014, a 63-year-old woman presented to our hospital with a large CBT (130 mm × 60 mm × 70 mm ...
Mengqi Li +3 more
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Carotid body tumor as a potential cause of paroxysmal hemicrania [PDF]
Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques, 2020 A 70-year-old woman presented to our emergency department with a severe left-sided headache. The headache's location and accompanying symptoms are consistent with paroxysmal hemicrania. On workup, a cervical computed tomography scan incidentally revealed
Caywin Zhuang, BA, Brian Beeman, MD
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Carotid body tumor with neck metastasis due to germline SDHB variant: a case report and literature review. [PDF]
Int Cancer Conf J, 2022 Mikoshiba T +9 more
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Carotid Body Tumor: Our Experience with 42 Patients and a Literature Review. [PDF]
Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 2022 Sarookhani A, Chegini R.
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