Benign carotid body tumor presenting with Horner's syndrome: A case report

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 180-182

  Sankar, N Madhu ^a,b   Munene, James ^a   Arumugam, Sarasa Bharati ^a   Bashi, V V ^a   Cherian, K M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (India)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carotid body tumor; head and neck neoplasms; Horner's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID BODY TUMOR; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; NECK TUMOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; CAROTID BODY TUMOR; FEMALE; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMANS; PARAGANGLIOMA, EXTRA-ADRENAL;

EID: 0029944007     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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