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Carotid body paraganglioma metastatic to spine causing cord compression: a case report

BACKGROUND: Carotid body tumors (CBTs) are rare neuroendocrine neoplasms arising near the carotid bifurcation with a reported incidence of 1 to 2 cases in 100,000 patients. Most CBTs are sporadic, benign, slow-growing, and non-secreting, but untreated CBTs can grow locally to compress the nearby blo...

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Autores principales: Tabb, Jazmyne N., Maas, Jared A., Earla, Bhargav P., Fallon, Kenneth B., McDonald, Andrew M., Dobelbower, Michael C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9951469/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36829189
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13000-023-01314-y