[Bilateral chemodectoma--a case report].
Chemodectoma is exceptionally rarely tumor comes from the parasympathetic part of nervous system. Cases description first of all concern multiple, single tumors localized on the neck, occasionally somewhere else. Tumors expansion in internal carotid vein aperture or in ear provoke serious complications from cranial nerves paralysis to cerebellum lesion. In this paper authors present a case of bilateral chemodectoma. Surgical treatment has required--not only simple tumor excision but also internal carotid artery reimplantation.
Dorobisz
Andrzej T
AT
Katedra i Klinika Chirurgii Naczyniowej, Ogólnej i Transplantacyjnej AM we Wrocławiu.
Krecicki
Tomasz
T
Ruciński
Artur
A
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