Head and neck paragangliomas: clinical and molecular genetic classification

Head and neck paragangliomas: clinical and molecular genetic classification

Head and neck paragangliomas are tumors arising from specialized neural crest cells. Prominent locations are the carotid body along with the vagal, jugular, and tympanic glomus. Head and neck paragangliomas are slowly growing tumors, with some carotid body tumors being reported to exist for many yea...

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Main Authors: Christian Offergeld, Christoph Brase, Svetlana Yaremchuk, Irina Mader, Hans Christian Rischke, Sven Gläsker, Kurt W Schmid, Thorsten Wiech, Simon F Preuss, Carlos Suárez, Tomasz Kopć, Attila Patocs, Nelson Wohllk, Mahdi Malekpour, Carsten C Boedeker, Hartmut PH Neumann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP 2012-01-01
Series:Clinics
Subjects:
Paraganglioma
Susceptibility Genes
Shamblin Classification
Fisch Classification
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