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Bilateral sporadic carotid body tumors—A rare case report

open access: yesRadiology Case Reports, 2018
Carotid body tumor presents as palpable mass in anterolateral aspect of the neck. However, bilateral sporadic carotid body tumor is a rare anomaly, reported to occur in 5% of population.
Jipsa Anand, MBBS, DNB radiology resident   +1 more
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Our experience in managing carotid body tumors in tertiary care center

open access: yesIndian Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 2023
Introduction: Carotid body tumors (CBTs), also known as paragangliomas or chemodectomas, are rare neuroendocrine neoplasms that arise near the carotid bifurcation within glomus cells derived from the embryonic neural crest. The reported incidence of CBTs
Vinay Kumar Kotavenuka   +5 more
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Association of serum-soluble heat shock protein 60 with carotid atherosclerosis: clinical significance determined in a follow-up study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Previous work has shown that soluble heat shock protein 60 (HSP60; sHSP60), present in circulating blood, is associated with carotid atherosclerosis.
XIAO, Q   +8 more
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Carotid artery stenting compared with endarterectomy in patients with symptomatic carotid stenosis (International Carotid Stenting Study): an interim analysis of a randomised controlled trial [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Background Stents are an alternative treatment to carotid endarterectomy for symptomatic carotid stenosis, but previous trials have not established equivalent safety and efficacy.
Treurniet, F   +823 more
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Successful Response to Cyclophosphamide, Vincristine, and Dacarbazine Chemotherapy in a Patient with Metastatic Carotid Body Paraganglioma

open access: yesCase Reports in Oncology, 2021
Carotid body paraganglioma is a rare neuroendocrine tumor presenting with low-grade histological and clinical features. However, the tumor has the potential to produce distant metastasis, and due to its rarity, little information is available regarding ...
Hiroki Yamada   +5 more
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Ultrasound measurements of carotid intima-media thickness and plaque in HIV-infected patients on the Mediterranean diet [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Aim To evaluate the influence of food habits, specifically adherence to the Mediterranean diet, on carotid intimamedia thickness (CIMT) and the presence of plaques in HIV-infected patients taking antiretroviral therapy (ART) and non-HIV-infected ...
Brnić, Z   +17 more
core   +1 more source

The carotid body as a therapeutic target for the treatment of sympathetically mediated diseases [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
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Engleman, Zoar J   +27 more
core   +1 more source

Exome analysis of carotid body tumor

open access: yesBMC 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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Mutational load in carotid body tumor

open access: yesBMC Medical Genomics, 2019
Background Carotid body tumor (CBT) is a rare neoplasm arising from paraganglion located near the bifurcation of the carotid artery. There is great intra-tumor heterogeneity, and CBT development could be associated with both germline and somatic allelic ...
Anna V. Kudryavtseva   +18 more
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The PUMCH Classification of Carotid Body Tumor

open access: yesXiehe Yixue Zazhi, 2021
Carotid body tumor is a rare neoplasm located at the bifurcation of the carotid artery. Surgical excision is the main treatment but carries a high risk of bleeding, nerve injury and vascular injury.
GU Guangchao, ZHENG Yuehong
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