Abstract

TORANZO FERNANDEZ, José Martín; COLUNGA, Rodolfo  and  GONZALEZ VALDEZ, Laura Gabriela. Carotid body paraganglioma: clinical case report with family correlation. Rev Esp Cirug Oral y Maxilofac [online]. 2011, vol.33, n.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.

Keywords : Paraganglioma; Carotid glomus; Carotid body.

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