Carotid body paraganglioma: 20-Year experience and literature review
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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.
