title: Carotid body tumor associated with hyperparathyroidism.
abstract: Hyperparathyroidism in association with carotid body tumor is a rare combination. A common embryologic cellular origin was postulated previously to explain this unusual occurrence. We report a case of left carotid body tumor and left inferior parathyroid adenoma. We believe this to be the sixth reported case in the literature with this combination.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Dalhousie University, Victoria General Hospital, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Graham
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sanalla
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bell
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002345:Carotid Body Tumor / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology*; D010282:Parathyroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology