TORANZO FERNANDEZ, José Martín; COLUNGA, Rodolfo    GONZALEZ VALDEZ, Laura Gabriela. Carotid body paraganglioma: clinical case report with family correlation. []. , 33, 2, pp.79-83. ISSN 2173-9161.

The head and neck paragangliomas are infrequent neoplases that originate from a paraganglionar tissue of the brachiomeric group that are linked to the development of the branchial arches; they are not cromafins since they do not secrete catecholamines¹. The most frequent one appears in the carotid body that originates from the paraganglions located in the adventitia of the carotid body's bifurcation².

: Paraganglioma; Carotid glomus; Carotid body.

        · |     · |     · ( pdf )