Volume : VII, Issue : VI, June - 2018

Management of large carotid body tumor : A Case report

Dr. Sheil Avneesh, Dr. Ruchi Singh

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 Carotid body tumor is a rare neck tumor that is derived from the neural crest1 with an incidence of 1 in 100,000 with female

predliction. Large size, >5 cm size, tumors carries a high risk of postoperative morbidity and mortality and neurovascular
complications2.We report a case of large size tumor which was surgically removed with minimal blood loss, no neurological loss
and no cereo– vascular complications. No preoperative embolization was performed. This case reveals that proper preoperative
work up and meticulous surgical technique is the key to improve treatment outcome.

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DR. SHEIL AVNEESH, Dr. RUCHI SINGH, Management of large carotid body tumor : A Case report, PARIPEX‾INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-6 | June-2018


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