A carotid body tumor can occur and are considered a “paraganglioma” since it originates from neurons. They develop in the carotid body which normally helps to regulate oxygen, carbon dioxide ...

In contrast, head-and-neck paragangliomas are usually manifested as painless, slowly growing masses, mainly as carotid-body tumors and vagal paragangliomas, or with conductive hearing loss and ...

The patient's 68-year-old mother had a history of a carotid body tumor, which had been resected when she was 34 years old. She was diagnosed with a meningioma at 54 years of age and a jugular ...