title: Carotid body tumor: review of the literature and report of a case with a rare sensorineural symptomatology.
authors.affiliation: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Plastic, Greek Anticancer Institute, St Savvas Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Athanasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Athanasiou
authors.forename: Christos D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Liappis
authors.forename: Alexander D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Rapidis
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fassolis
authors.forename: Spyros D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Stavrianos
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kokkalis
mesh_terms: D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D002345:Carotid Body Tumor / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D004408:Dysgeusia / Q000209:etiology; D004433:Earache / Q000209:etiology; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013382:Subtraction Technique; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000473:pathology