title: Malignant carotid body tumor presenting with myelopathy: case report.
abstract: Malignant carotid body tumors are rare, with spread of the tumor mostly noted in regional lymph nodes. Vertebral metastases are an exceedingly rare presentation, only reported in isolated case reports, and present a diagnostic and management challenge. A case of widespread vertebral metastasis, presenting with myelopathy, from a carotid body tumor is discussed in this paper, along with management strategies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York.
authors.forename: Dhruve S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Jeevan
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York.
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saleh
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: LaBagnara
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York.
authors.forename: Jayson A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Neil
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York.
authors.forename: Virany H
authors.initials: VH
authors.lastname: Hillard
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002345:Carotid Body Tumor / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: I131-MIBG = iodine-131 meta-iodobenzylguanidine; PG = paraganglioma; carotid body tumor; oncology; paraganglioma; vertebral metastasis