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Case Reports
. 2023 Apr 19:44:182.
doi: 10.11604/pamj.2023.44.182.38636. eCollection 2023.

Carotid body paraganglioma: a case report

Swaragandha Shivaji Jadhav  1 , Avinash Parashuram Dhok  1 , Kajal Ramendranath Mitra  1
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Carotid body paraganglioma: a case report

Swaragandha Shivaji Jadhav et al. Pan Afr Med J. .

Abstract

A highly vascular glomus tumor that develops from the paraganglion cells of the carotid body is called a carotid body tumor (CBT), also known as a chemodectoma or carotid body paraganglioma (CBP). It is situated near the carotid bifurcation, where the external and internal carotid arteries splay out characteristically. We present a case of a 30-year-old woman who had a slightly tender, slightly pulsatile, and slightly ballotable swelling over the lateral aspect of the neck on the right side. The surgical resection of the tumor was done based on the diagnosis made on clinical-radiological investigations as a carotid body tumor further confirmed by a histopathological study. We also provide a summary of the research on carotid body tumors clinical and imaging manifestations, assessment, and therapy.

Keywords: Paraganglioma; carotid body tumor; case report; chemodectomas; neck tumor.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

Figures

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Figure 1
swelling below the angle of the mandible on the right side of the neck
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Figure 2
a well-defined homogenously isoechoic lesion above the bifurcation of the right common carotid artery on B mode ultrasonography
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Figure 3
minimal vascularity within the lesion on color Doppler (arrow)
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Figure 4
CT-scan of a bilobed soft tissue density mass lesion on the right side of the neck anterior to the sternocleidomastoid muscle (arrow)
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Figure 5
an intense homogeneous enhancement; multiple thin tortuous channels noted around this lesion after the post-contrast study axial section (arrows)
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Figure 6
a mass lesion causing splaying of the internal carotid artery and external carotid artery on the right side after the post-contrast study sag section (arrows)
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