The tumor of the carotid body tumor (CBT), is a rare tumor, only about 1000 cases had been reported in the literature. It's of obscure origin and misdiagnosed if it is suspected. CBT is usually benign and commonly presented as a non-painful cervical mass.
The aim of this study was to ana­lyze diagnostic and therapeutic as­pects and complications of surgery of CBT in Mansoura University Hospi­tals.
We present eight patients had 10 carotid body tumor. Male to female ratio was (1: 2), age ranged between 13-72 years in the period between May 2000 to December
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2003. The aim of this study was to analyze diagnostic and therapeutic aspect and complications of surgery of CBT in Mansoura University Hospitals.
All patients were identified and complete radiological study was done including CT, MRI, Doppler Ultra­sound and Angiography. Clinically, there were no secreting tumors in these patients. Preoperative immobili­zation was done in seven cases 24 hours before surgery. All patients were operated on for tumor resection. Result the blood loss for these pa­tients was fewer than those without immobilization. Only one case need­ed resection of the carotid and inter­position graft. One patient had preop-erative nerve deficit.