Carotid body paraganglioma: 20-Year experience and literature review

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Rodrigo Jiménez Y.
Luis Cabezas L.
Felipe Panussis F.
Felipe Cardemil M.

Keywords

Paraganglioma, carotid body tumors, cervical paraganglioma

Abstract

Carotid paraganglioma is a rare tumor, originated from neural crest cells. Usually they lack hormone secretion function, and have a low malignant potential. Diagnosis is difficult, and requires high clinical suspicious, combined with image and pathologic findings. Its treatment is based on surgery, with special care of close anatomic relation with important vascular-nervous structures. Here, we present cases of carotid paragan- gliomas evaluated at Clinica Las Condes comparing them with an updated literature review.

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