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1 Current trends in the detection and management of carotid body tumors
Alex Westerband, MD, Glenn C. Hunter, MD, Ismar Cintora, MD, Stanley W. Coulthard, MD, Michael L. Hinni, MD, Andrew T. Gentile, MD, Jennifer Devine, RN, Joseph L. Mills, MD  Journal of Vascular Surgery  Volume 28, Issue 1, Pages (July 1998) DOI: /S (98) Copyright © 1998 Society for Vascular Surgery and International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery, North American Chapter Terms and Conditions

2 Fig. 1 Color flow doppler of carotid vessels shows presence of (A) small carotid body tumor and (B) large CBT at bifurcation. Journal of Vascular Surgery  , 84-93DOI: ( /S (98) ) Copyright © 1998 Society for Vascular Surgery and International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery, North American Chapter Terms and Conditions

3 Fig. 2 Cerebral angiogram showing tumor blush and characteristic splaying of the bifurcation of the internal and external carotid arteries. Journal of Vascular Surgery  , 84-93DOI: ( /S (98) ) Copyright © 1998 Society for Vascular Surgery and International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery, North American Chapter Terms and Conditions

4 Fig. 3 A CT angiogram shows large chemodectoma at carotid bifurcation.
Journal of Vascular Surgery  , 84-93DOI: ( /S (98) ) Copyright © 1998 Society for Vascular Surgery and International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery, North American Chapter Terms and Conditions

5 Fig. 4 Histologic features of CBT. A, Typically uniform nesting arrangement of cells (hematoxylin-eosin, magnification ×25). B, Immunohistochemistry shows reactivity for chromogranin A (magnification ×200). Journal of Vascular Surgery  , 84-93DOI: ( /S (98) ) Copyright © 1998 Society for Vascular Surgery and International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery, North American Chapter Terms and Conditions


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