Malignant chemodectoma of the carotid body causing spinal cord compression.
We present a case of a 19-year-old woman with a malignant chemodectoma of the carotid body invading the cervical spine. The interest in the case is due to the rarity both of the lesion and of the spine invasion causing a medullary compression.
Occhiogrosso
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M
De Tommasi
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A
Vailati
G
G
De Benedictis
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G
D000328:Adult; D002344:Carotid Body; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009423:Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D010236:Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*