Tumor of the carotid body.Concerning a case

Authors

  • Gloria María Rodríguez González Hospital Julio M Aristegui Villamil Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Juan Guiteras Gener. Cárdenas
  • Federico Valentín González Hospital Julio M Aristegui Villamil Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Juan Guiteras Gener. Cárdenas
  • Juan Carlos Rodríguez Reina Hospital Julio M Aristegui Villamil Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Juan Guiteras Gener. Cárdenas
  • Marlene Artze Alderete Hospital Julio M Aristegui Villamil Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Juan Guiteras Gener. Cárdenas

Keywords:

tumor, carotid body, paraganglioma.

Abstract

The tumors of the carotid body are relatively uncommon and rarely diagnosed before the surgical exeresis, their diagnosis is benign, but they are usually very vascular and its extirpation is very difficult. These tumors have a slow growth and it can evolve during years. The aim of this study is to present a case with a tumor of the carotid body in the right lateral region of the neck. An increase of volume was observed of approximately 4 cm, not painful, of gummy type and stuck to deep, asymptomatic plans, treaty in our institution during the year 2014. It was carried out exeresis of the lesion, and the department of Pathological Anatomy reported the reference diagnosis. The patient's evolution after 17 months has been satisfactory.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biography

Federico Valentín González, Hospital Julio M Aristegui Villamil Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Juan Guiteras Gener. Cárdenas

Especilista segtundo grado cirugía máxilo facial. Doctor en ciencias estomatológicas

Downloads

Published

2017-03-31

How to Cite

1.
Rodríguez González GM, Valentín González F, Rodríguez Reina JC, Artze Alderete M. Tumor of the carotid body.Concerning a case. Rev Méd Electrón [Internet]. 2017 Mar. 31 [cited 2025 Jan. 9];39(2):353-60. Available from: https://revmedicaelectronica.sld.cu/index.php/rme/article/view/2203

Issue

Vol. 39 No. 2 (2017)

Section

Presentation of cases

License

All content published in this journal is Open Access, distributed under the terms of the CC BY-NC 4.0 License.

It allows:

 - Copy and redistribute published material in any medium or format.

 - Adapt the content.

 This will be done under the following terms:

 - Attribute the authors' credits and indicate whether changes were made, in which case it must be in a reasonable way.

 - Non-commercial use.

 - Recognize the journal where it is published.

 The copyrights of each article are maintained, without restrictions.

Most read articles by the same author(s)

1 2 > >>