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Year :2017
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Month :
July-August
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Volume :
6
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Issue :
3
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Page :
RC01 - RC03
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Carotid Body Tumour: A Rare Case Report
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Correspondence Address :
Satish Patil, Parth Vaishnav, Veeresh Hanchinal, Iranna Hittalamani,
Dr. Parth Vaishnav,
Junior Resident, Department of Radiology, Shri B.M. Patil Medical College, BLDE University, Solapur Road, Bijapur-586103, Karnataka, India.
E-mail: vaishnavparth007@gmail.com
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Introduction: Carotid Body Tumour (CBT) is a uncommon tumour which arises from a chemoreceptor tissue, which is present at the bifurcation of common carotid arteries. Not many case reports have been reported for carotid body tumours. We report an unusual case of a large carotid paraganglioma in a 31-year-old female. This neck swelling was present, for several years before admission, but was smaller in size.
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