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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sahar Memar Montazerin, M.D.[2]
Overview
Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for the carotid body tumor.
Surgery
- Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for malignant tumors since chemotherapy and radiotherapy have not been observed to be effective.[1]
Contraindications
- Individual who are poor candidates of surgery due to any reason.[2]
Complications of surgery
- Surgical excision of the tumor may be complicated by:
- Cranial nerve involvement in 10% to 56% of the cases.
- The most commonly involved nerves are such as:
- The hypoglossal nerve
- The superior laryngeal nerve
- The vagus nerve,
- The mandibular branch of the facial nerve
- The pharyngeal branch of the vagus nerve
- The glossopharyngeal nerve
- The spinal accessory nerve
- The sympathetic chain
References
- ↑ Wieneke, Jacqueline A.; Smith, Alice (2009). "Paraganglioma: Carotid Body Tumor". Head and Neck Pathology. 3 (4): 303–306. doi:10.1007/s12105-009-0130-5. ISSN 1936-055X.
- ↑ Eisele, David (2008). Complications in head and neck surgery. Edinburgh: Saunders. ISBN 978-1-4160-4220-4.