"Carotid Body Tumor" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Benign paraganglioma at the bifurcation of the COMMON CAROTID ARTERIES. It can encroach on the parapharyngeal space and produce dysphagia, pain, and cranial nerve palsies.
| Descriptor ID |
D002345
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.465.625.650.700.705.220 C04.557.580.625.650.700.705.220
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| Concept/Terms |
Carotid Body Tumor- Carotid Body Tumor
- Tumor, Carotid Body
- Tumors, Carotid Body
- Paraganglioma, Carotid Body
- Carotid Body Paraganglioma
- Carotid Body Paragangliomas
- Paragangliomas, Carotid Body
- Carotid Body Tumors
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Carotid Body Tumor" by people in Profiles.
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Facial and lower cranial neuropathies after preoperative embolization of jugular foramen lesions with ethylene vinyl alcohol. Otol Neurotol. 2012 Sep; 33(7):1270-5.
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Preliminary experience with the percutaneous embolization of paragangliomas at the carotid bifurcation using only ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer (EVOH) Onyx. J Neurointerv Surg. 2012 Mar; 4(2):125-9.
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Direct percutaneous embolization of a carotid body tumor with Onyx. J Neurosurg. 2009 Jan; 110(1):124-7.
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Malignant carotid body tumor. Head Neck. 2004 Mar; 26(3):301-6.