Carotid body paraganglioma: rare tumor in a 15-year-old adolescent boy

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Zaupa, Paola ^a   Höllwarth, Michael E ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Carotid body tumor; Children; Diabetes; Glomus caroticum tumor; Paraganglioma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID BODY TUMOR; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; NECK TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; CAROTID BODY TUMOR; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 34247106747     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.01.059     Document Type: Article

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