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Bilateral carotid body tumor: The role of fine‐needle aspiration biopsy in the preoperative diagnosis
Author(s) -
Rosa Marilin,
Sahoo Sunati
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
diagnostic cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1097-0339
pISSN - 8755-1039
DOI - 10.1002/dc.20775
Subject(s) - carotid body , medicine , paraganglioma , carotid bifurcation , biopsy , external carotid artery , fine needle aspiration , radiology , adventitia , carotid arteries , glomus cell , pathology , internal carotid artery , surgery
Carotid body (CB) is a round to ovoid or flattened structure situated within the adventitia of the common carotid artery bifurcation on both sides of the neck. CB contains two basic types of cells: chief cells (or glomus type 1) and sustentacular cells (glomus type 2). Carotid body tumor (CBT) or paraganglioma arises from the chief cells of the carotid body. The diagnosis of CBT is typically made with radiological studies. Fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is seldom requested for this purpose due to rare but dreadful reported complications such as hemorrhage and damage to the carotid artery. In this report we discuss the cytological findings of a malignant CBT diagnosed by FNAB in a 22 year‐old female. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2008;36:178–180. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.