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Malignant carotid paraganglioma: A case report

A. Ferrández IzquierdoD. BeltranC. Rubio MaicasNerses Nersesyan

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Malemedicine.medical_specialtyLung NeoplasmsCarotid Body TumorMalignancyCarotid paragangliomaParaganglioma03 medical and health sciencesFatal Outcome0302 clinical medicineMalignant paragangliomaParagangliomaBiopsyHumansMalignant ParagangliomaMedicineHead and neck tumors030223 otorhinolaryngologyGeneral Environmental ScienceSpinal NeoplasmsLungmedicine.diagnostic_testbusiness.industryLiver NeoplasmsMagnetic resonance imagingMiddle Agedmedicine.diseaseClavicleMagnetic Resonance Imagingmedicine.anatomical_structure030220 oncology & carcinogenesisCervical VertebraeGeneral Earth and Planetary SciencesCarotid bodyRadiologyTomography X-Ray ComputedbusinessCarotid body tumor

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Tumors of the carotid body are uncommon neoplasms that originate in the neuroectoderm. These tumors are slow growing but well vascularized and very destructive. Between 5% and 13% of carotid body tumors are malignant, behaving aggressively at the local level, invading the adjacent lymph nodes, and resulting in remote metastases. We present the case of a 60-year-old man who was examined for pain and paresthesias in his arm. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a large tumor in the left carotid space. Histologic study of a biopsy specimen from the tumor revealed that it was a paraganglioma. Further studies to determine the extent of disease detected metastases in bone and lung, confirming the tumor's malignancy. (C) 2018 SERAM. Published by Elsevier Espana, S.L.U. All rights reserved.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2019-03-01Radiología (English Edition)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rxeng.2018.12.003