PMID- 23249657
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130912
LR  - 20121219
IS  - 1214-6994 (Print)
IS  - 1214-6994 (Linking)
VI  - 113
IP  - 4
DP  - 2012
TI  - Our experience with carotid body paragangliomas.
PG  - 262-70
AB  - Carotid body paragangliomas (CBP) are rare neoplasms arising from the small 
      chemoreceptor organ in the adventitia of the common carotid bifurcation. The aim 
      of this study is to present the diagnostic process, performed treatment and 
      obtained results in patients with carotid body paragangliomas of the Department 
      of Otolaryngology of Istanbul Education and Research Hospital between March 1997 
      and November 2008. Retrospective analysis was carried out, based on the medical 
      documentation of 5 patients with carotid body paragangliomas (3 women and 2 men), 
      age range 44 to 68 years with a mean of 59.6 years. Four of the patients were 
      diagnosed and treated with Shamblin type II tumor, one of the patients with type 
      I. Physical examination, radiological evaluation, method of the treatment and 
      post-treatment complications were studied. The most common and single symptom was 
      nonspecific neck mass. Preoperative diagnostic evaluation consisted of a color 
      duplex ultrasonography, computerized tomography with contrast enhancement, 
      magnetic resonance imaging and digital subtraction angiography. In all patients 
      with Shamblin type I and II, blunt dissection of the tumor was conducted smoothly 
      in the subadventitial plane. Postoperative vagus nerve and hypoglossal nerve 
      deficit were reported in one case. Carotid body paraganglioma excision has higher 
      risk of cranial nerve paresis and carotid artery injury, so it requires careful 
      handling and good surgical skills to ensure complete removal.
FAU - Erdogan, B A
AU  - Erdogan BA
AD  - Department of Otolaryngology, Dr. Lutfi Kirdar Kartal Education and Research 
      Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. banuatalay81@gmail.com
FAU - Bora, F
AU  - Bora F
FAU - Altin, G
AU  - Altin G
FAU - Paksoy, M
AU  - Paksoy M
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Czech Republic
TA  - Prague Med Rep
JT  - Prague medical report
JID - 101227436
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - *Carotid Body Tumor/diagnosis/surgery
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
EDAT- 2012/12/20 06:00
MHDA- 2013/09/13 06:00
CRDT- 2012/12/20 06:00
PHST- 2012/12/20 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/12/20 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/09/13 06:00 [medline]
AID - PMR2012A0027 [pii]
AID - 10.14712/23362936.2015.9 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Prague Med Rep. 2012;113(4):262-70. doi: 10.14712/23362936.2015.9.