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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Main Authors: Mohamed A Elsharawy, Hind Alsaif, Aymen Elsaid, Ali Kredees
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-10-01
Series:Avicenna Journal of Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/2231-0770.120503