title: The importance of flowmetry in carotid body tumor surgery: a case report.
abstract: Carotid body tumors arise from the embryonic neural crest. These tumors are mostly benign, and they rarely show character. Bifurcation of the carotid body cells originates from a common carotid paraganglion; a tumoral mass lateral to the carotid bifurcation is usually found in the neck. A pathologic feature of these tumors is that they have a tendency to wrap because they are not treated with the external and internal carotid arteries. In our clinic, we operated on a patient who had been diagnosed with carotid body tumor. After removal of the internal carotid artery, the mass flow due to a decrease in the light of literature used to evaluate the importance of flowmetry carotid surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Abdurrahim
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Colak
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Munacettin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ceviz
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Necip
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Becit
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Aysenur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dostbil
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hikmet
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kocak
keywords: Carotid artery; Carotid body tumor; Flowmetry