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Malignant carotid body tumor: a case report

Malign karotis cismi tümörü: Olgu sunumu

M. Zafer Uğuz(İzmir Atatürk Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi KBB Hastalıkları Kliniği, İzmir, Türkiye)
Seçil Arslanoğlu(İzmir Atatürk Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi KBB Hastalıkları Kliniği, İzmir, Türkiye)
Haydar Kazım Önal(İzmir Atatürk Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi KBB Hastalıkları Kliniği, İzmir, Türkiye)
Hünkar Gökçe(İzmir Atatürk Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi KBB Hastalıkları Kliniği, İzmir, Türkiye)
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2004-02-10
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No evidence of local recurrence or distant metastasis were detected during the follow-up period.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Malignant carotid body tumors are rare neoplasms which originate from the chemoreceptor cells at the carotid bifurcation.
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Key Findings & Data:A 61-year old man presented with a neck mass which was diagnosed as malignant carotid body tumor.
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Conclusion & Impact:No evidence of local recurrence or distant metastasis were detected during the follow-up period.
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📍Scope:Comprehensive Sample
⚙️Variables:Carotid body tumor/diagnosis/pathology/therapy · paraganglioma · extraadrenal/diagnosis/pathology/ theraphy

Abstract

Malignant carotid body tumors are rare neoplasms which originate from the chemoreceptor cells at the carotid bifurcation. A 61-year old man presented with a neck mass which was diagnosed as malignant carotid body tumor. Surgical resection of the mass with accompanying lymph nodes was performed. No evidence of local recurrence or distant metastasis were detected during the follow-up period.

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Malign karotis cismi tümörleri, karotis bifurkasyonun- daki kemoreseptörlerden kaynaklanan nadir görülen neoplazmlardır. Boyunda kitle şikayeti ile başvuran 61 yaşında erkek hasta malign karotis cismi tümörü tanı- sı aldı. Eşlik eden lenf nodları ile birlikte kitle çıkarıldı. Ameliyat sonrası izlemde tümör nüksü ya da uzak metastaz gözlenmedi

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Uğuz, M. Z., Arslanoğlu, S., Önal, H. K., Gökçe, H. (2004). Malignant carotid body tumor: a case report. The Turkish Journal of Ear Nose and Throat, Volume: 13 Issue: 1. https://ajindex.com/articles/1330135

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