Case Report

Volume: 4 | Issue: 2 | Published: Mar 08, 2020 | Pages: 43 - 48 | DOI: 10.24911/ejmcr/173-1543041434

Carotid body tumor: what treating surgeon wants to know in radiological evaluation? - A case report


Authors: Shweta Sharma , Bharat Bhushan Sharma , Neeru Kapur , Pawan Joon , Mir Rizwan Aziz , Dileep Kumar Jha , Nitish Virmani , Sadaf Zaffar


Article Info

Authors

Shweta Sharma

ENT Specialist Registrar, Warwick Hospital, Warwick, UK

Bharat Bhushan Sharma

Professor & HOD, Department of Radio-Diagnosis, SGT Medical College, Gurugram, India

Neeru Kapur

Assistant Professor, Department of Radio-Diagnosis, SGT Medical College, Gurugram, India

Pawan Joon

Assistant Professor, Department of Radio-Diagnosis, SGT Medical College, Gurugram, India

Mir Rizwan Aziz

Senior Resident, Department of Radio-Diagnosis, SGT Medical College, Gurugram, India

Dileep Kumar Jha

Senior Resident, Department of Radio-Diagnosis, SGT Medical College, Gurugram, India

Nitish Virmani

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, SGT University, Gurugram, India

Sadaf Zaffar

BRIT (Student), Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, SGT University, Gurugram, India

Publication History

Received: November 24, 2018

Accepted: December 10, 2019

Published: March 08, 2020


Abstract


Background: Carotid body tumors (CBTs) are benign, but they are quite controversial for the management because of their location and symptoms. Cervical CBTs are slightly uncommon paragangliomas. These are highly vascular tumors. Their location is at the bifurcation of common carotid artery (CCA) which is adjacent to many cranial nerves. Surgical management involves a lot of morbidity and mortality. Case Report: A 48-year-old female reported with painless small swelling on the right side of the neck region just below the angle of the mandible. The radiological evaluation by ultrasonography, contrast-enhanced computerized tomography, and magnetic resonance angiography revealed the swelling as carotid body tumor. The patient had been advised surgical management as presently the entity was almost without any symptoms. Conclusion: The cross-sectional imaging plays a great role in the diagnosis and management of CBTs as they are associated with many complications. The treating surgeon had to be very careful about surgical extirpation.

Keywords: Carotid body tumor, vascular, bifurcation, USG, CECT, MRA, green


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Shweta Sharma, Bharat Bhushan Sharma, Neeru Kapur, Pawan Joon, Mir Rizwan Aziz, Dileep Kumar Jha, Nitish Virmani, Sadaf Zaffar. Carotid body tumor: what treating surgeon wants to know in radiological evaluation? - A case report. EJMCR. 2020; 08 (March 2020): 43-48. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1543041434

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Shweta Sharma, Bharat Bhushan Sharma, Neeru Kapur, Pawan Joon, Mir Rizwan Aziz, Dileep Kumar Jha, Nitish Virmani, Sadaf Zaffar. Carotid body tumor: what treating surgeon wants to know in radiological evaluation? - A case report. https://ejmcr.com/articles/1450 [Access: December 25, 2024]. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1543041434

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Shweta Sharma, Bharat Bhushan Sharma, Neeru Kapur, Pawan Joon, Mir Rizwan Aziz, Dileep Kumar Jha, Nitish Virmani, Sadaf Zaffar. Carotid body tumor: what treating surgeon wants to know in radiological evaluation? - A case report. EJMCR. 2020; 08 (March 2020): 43-48. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1543041434

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Shweta Sharma, Bharat Bhushan Sharma, Neeru Kapur, Pawan Joon, Mir Rizwan Aziz, Dileep Kumar Jha, Nitish Virmani, Sadaf Zaffar. Carotid body tumor: what treating surgeon wants to know in radiological evaluation? - A case report. EJMCR. (2020), [cited December 25, 2024]; 08 (March 2020): 43-48. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1543041434

Harvard Style

Shweta Sharma, Bharat Bhushan Sharma, Neeru Kapur, Pawan Joon, Mir Rizwan Aziz, Dileep Kumar Jha, Nitish Virmani, Sadaf Zaffar (2020) Carotid body tumor: what treating surgeon wants to know in radiological evaluation? - A case report. EJMCR, 08 (March 2020): 43-48. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1543041434

Chicago Style

Shweta Sharma, Bharat Bhushan Sharma, Neeru Kapur, Pawan Joon, Mir Rizwan Aziz, Dileep Kumar Jha, Nitish Virmani, Sadaf Zaffar. "Carotid body tumor: what treating surgeon wants to know in radiological evaluation? - A case report." 08 (2020), 43-48. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1543041434

MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style

Shweta Sharma, Bharat Bhushan Sharma, Neeru Kapur, Pawan Joon, Mir Rizwan Aziz, Dileep Kumar Jha, Nitish Virmani, Sadaf Zaffar. "Carotid body tumor: what treating surgeon wants to know in radiological evaluation? - A case report." 08.March 2020 (2020), 43-48. Print. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1543041434

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Shweta Sharma, Bharat Bhushan Sharma, Neeru Kapur, Pawan Joon, Mir Rizwan Aziz, Dileep Kumar Jha, Nitish Virmani, Sadaf Zaffar (2020) Carotid body tumor: what treating surgeon wants to know in radiological evaluation? - A case report. , 08 (March 2020), 43-48. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1543041434