Carotid body paraganglioma metastatic to spine causing cord compression: a case report

• Main Authors: Jazmyne N. Tabb (Author), Jared A. Maas (Author), Bhargav P. Earla (Author), Kenneth B. Fallon (Author), Andrew M. McDonald (Author), Michael C. Dobelbower (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: BMC, 2023-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Carotid body tumors (CBTs) are rare neuroendocrine neoplasms arising near the carotid bifurcation with a reported incidence of 1 to 2 cases in 100,000 patients. Most CBTs are sporadic, benign, slow-growing, and non-secreting, but untreated CBTs can grow locally to compress the ne...