title: Fever as the main presenting symptom of a carotid body tumor.
abstract: Carotid body tumor (paraganglioma) is a rare tumor which presents as a mass in the lateral part of the neck. It is typically a slow-growing and nonsymptomatic mass at the beginning. Fever is not an usual symptom of this tumor. Here, we report a 78- year-old woman presenting with this tumor as a cause of fever of unknown origin.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Alzahra Medical Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Mehrdad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ghoreishi
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akbar-Beigi
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tahery
authors.forename: Siavoush
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sehhat
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D002345:Carotid Body Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging