Carotid Body Tumor Presenting as Parotid Swelling Misdiagnosed as Pleomorphic Adenoma: A Rare Presentation

Carotid body tumor (CBT) also known as chemodectoma is a rare tumor of neuroendocrine tissue of carotid body and is the most commonly seen jugular paraganglioma. In most cases, it is benign but it can be malignant. Extra adrenal paraganglioma is rare. We present such a rare case where unusual presen...

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Autores principales: Chand, Prem, Singh, Rommel, Singh, Bimaljot, Singla, Rachan Lal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4566325/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26425073
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1117-6806.162588

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4566325/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26425073
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1117-6806.162588

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