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Carotid body paraganglioma with metastases.
Author(s) -
Zbaren Peter,
Lehmann Willy
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-198504000-00014
Subject(s) - paraganglioma , malignancy , medicine , carotid body , metastasis , radiology , pathology , cancer , carotid arteries
Abstract The diagnosis of a carotid body paraganglioma with metastases led us to a critical review of the literature of 106 cases with metastasis reported between 1893 and 1980. The percentage of tumors with metastasis is in the order of 11.5% to 13%. There is no proven histological criterion from which to assert or infer their malignancy.