title: Case report on carotid body tumor.
abstract: A 40 years old lady presented to us with the complaints of repeated attack of syncope with left sided neck swelling. Ultrasonography, Color Doppler study and arteriography were done which revealed a solid vascular mass in the carotid bifurcation. Mass was resected and histopathology was done. Histopathologic findings were typical of a carotid body tumour. As carotid body tumour is a rare disease. So, we are going to present this in this article.
authors.affiliation: Dr Manju Rani Debnath, Medical Officer, Blood Transfusion Centre, Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH), Mymensingh, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Debnath
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Debnath
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chakrabarty
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Haque
authors.forename: Mohammad Sohal
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Rana
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Rana
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle / Q000379:methods; D002345:Carotid Body Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D009333:Neck / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D037981:Neck Dissection / Q000379:methods*; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color / Q000379:methods