Carotid Body Tumors: Surgical Management and Review of Patients Over 10 Years

Carotid Body Tumors: Surgical Management and Review of Patients Over 10 Years

Background: Carotid body tumours (CBTs) are rare but highly vascular neoplasms originating in the paraganglionic cells of the carotid bifurcation. Exact etiology of these tumors is not known. Male and female distributions are equal except at high altitude where females appear to predominate. Diagnos...

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Main Authors: Gulam Nabi Lone, Adil Pervaiz Shah, Perveez Ahmad Malik, Seth Mujtaba Hussain, Ghulam Mohammad Wani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Subjects:
Carotid body tumor
common carotid artery
three-dimensional computed tomography
Online Access:http://www.indjvascsurg.org/article.asp?issn=0972-0820;year=2016;volume=3;issue=3;spage=90;epage=95;aulast=Lone

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