Clinics in diagnostic imaging (15) . Carotid body tumour
Lam, P.W.; Peh, W.C.; Wei, W.I.
Singapore Medical Journal 37(4): 430-432
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-5675 PMID: 8993149 Document Number: 466065
A 30-year-old Chinese woman presented with an enlarging pulsatile swelling in the left neck. A similar right neck mass was excised 2 years previously. Digital subtraction angiography showed a well-defined, hypervascular tumour situated at the left common carotid arterial bifurcation, typical of a carotid body tumour. Complete resection of the second carotid body tumour was achieved. The clinical and imaging features of this tumour are described.