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Case Reports
. 2020 Aug 24;13(8):e237668.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-237668.

Sporadic bilateral carotid body paragangliomas

Sreekanth Amith  1 , Bachavarahalli Sriramareddy Rajesh  1 , Souradeep Dutta  1 , Amaranathan Anandhi  2
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Case Reports

Sporadic bilateral carotid body paragangliomas

Sreekanth Amith et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: head and neck cancer; oncology.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1
(A) CT angiography showing splitting of both carotids due to left carotid paraganglioma. (B) CT angiography showing splitting of both carotids due to right carotid paraganglioma. (C) Three-dimensional reconstruction of both the carotid body paragangliomas. (D) T1-weighted MRI showing salt and pepper appearance (arrow) of left carotid body paraganglioma.
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