title: Malignant chemodectoma of the carotid body causing spinal cord compression.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Occhiogrosso
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Tommasi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vailati
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: De Benedictis
mesh_terms: 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*