Vagal paraganglioma. A case report.
Vagal paragangliomas are rare tumors and difficult to differentiate from carotid body tumors or schwannomas of the vagus nerve. We present a patient who could be preoperatively diagnosed as having a vagal paraganglioma by ultrasonography and color Doppler sonography.
Department of Otolaryngology, Yokohama City University, School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan.
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Furukawa
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Furukawa
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Matsuda
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Tsukuda
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Kamijo
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Nakatani
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Taguchi
D002533:Cerebral Angiography / Q000379:methods; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010235:Paraganglioma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color / Q000379:methods; D014630:Vagus Nerve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology