Abstract:Introduction: Tumors arising from paraganglioma tissue are properly called paragangliomas or chemodectomas. Preferentially these tumors are named after the place of their origin. In the area of head a...Introduction: Tumors arising from paraganglioma tissue are properly called paragangliomas or chemodectomas. Preferentially these tumors are named after the place of their origin. In the area of head and neck they are most commonly found arising from the carotid body (glomus caroticum), the jugular bulb (glomus jugulare), the tympanic cavity (glomus tympanicum), and the vagal ganglia (glomus vagale). Paragangliomas glomus caroticum are relatively rare tumors and may pose a difficult surgical problem because of their vascularity and the compression of the cranial nerves in the neck. Multiple paragangliomas may occur in 2–10% of all cases.Read More
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-04-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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