Oral Oncology
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Pages 313-317, April 2002

Carotid body tumour

  • Yasuyuki Shibuya

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kobe Steel Hospital, Kakogawa, Japan
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  • Masahiro Umeda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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  • Tomohiro Yoshikawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
    • ,
  • Takahide Komori

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

Received 18 March 2001; accepted 22 April 2001.

Abstract 

A case of carotid body tumour (paraganglioma) which is both unusual and highly vascular, arising from the carotid body is reported. The patient was a 68-year-old female with a right submandibular swelling. The initial pathological diagnosis was obtained from the incisional biopsy. Carotid angiography revealed the feeding vessels arising only from the external carotid artery. The tumour was completely removed and no evidence of recurrence could be found 2-years postoperatively.

Keywords:  Carotid body tumour, Paraganglioma, Carotid body, Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), Carotid angiography

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PII: S1368-8375(01)00057-4

Oral Oncology
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Pages 313-317, April 2002

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