Management of sizeable carotid body tumor: Case report and review of literature
Carotid body tumor is a paraganglioma derived from the neural crest. It arises from the carotid body which acts as a vascular chemoreceptors and is usually located at the carotid bifurcation. Sizeable (Shamblin III, >5 cm size) tumors are large and typically encase the carotid artery requiring ve...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2013-10-01
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Series: | Avicenna Journal of Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/2231-0770.120503 |