Carotid body tumor differential diagnosis
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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
Carotid body tumor must be differentiated from other diseases that cause neck mass including schwannomas and lymphadenopathy.
Differentiating Carotid Body Tumor from Other Diseases
- Carotid body tumor must be differentiated from other diseases that cause rounded neck mass and limited range of head motion:[1][2]
- Vagal schwannoma
- Lymph node mass
- Metastatic tumors
- Thyroid lesions
- Submandibular salivary gland tumours
- Branchial cleft cysts
References
- ↑ Xiao, Zebin; She, Dejun; Cao, Dairong (2015). "Multiple paragangliomas of head and neck associated with hepatic paraganglioma: a case report". BMC Medical Imaging. 15 (1). doi:10.1186/s12880-015-0082-z. ISSN 1471-2342.
- ↑ Tong Y (August 2012). "Role of duplex ultrasound in the diagnosis and assessment of carotid body tumour: A literature review". Intractable Rare Dis Res. 1 (3): 129–33. doi:10.5582/irdr.v1.3.129. PMC 4204595. PMID 25343084.