Clinics in diagnostic imaging (15). Carotid body tumour.
A 30-year-old Chinese woman presented with an enlarging pulsatile swelling in the left neck. A similar right neck mass was excised 2 years previously. Digital subtraction angiography showed a well-defined, hypervascular tumour situated at the left common carotid arterial bifurcation, typical of a carotid body tumour. Complete resection of the second carotid body tumour was achieved. The clinical and imaging features of this tumour are described.
Lam
P W
PW
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Hong Kong Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong.
Peh
W C
WC
Wei
W I
WI
D000328:Adult; D017536:Carotid Artery, Common / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D002345:Carotid Body Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography