Search on: CAROTID BODY TUMOR 
Descriptors Found: 1
Displaying: 1 .. 1  

 1 / 1 DeCS     
Descriptor English:   Carotid Body Tumor 
Descriptor Spanish:   tumor del cuerpo carotídeo 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Tumor do Corpo Carotídeo 
Synonyms English:   Carotid Body Paraganglioma
Carotid Body Paragangliomas
Carotid Body Tumors
Paraganglioma, Carotid Body
Paragangliomas, Carotid Body
Tumor, Carotid Body
Tumors, Carotid Body  
Tree Number:   C04.557.465.625.650.700.705.220
C04.557.580.625.650.700.705.220
Definition English:   Benign paraganglioma at the bifurcation of the COMMON CAROTID ARTERIES. It can encroach on the parapharyngeal space and produce dysphagia, pain, and cranial nerve palsies. 
Indexing Annotation English:   organ/neoplasm & histological coordinates not necessary
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BS blood supply BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid CI chemically induced
CH chemistry CL classification
CO complications CN congenital
DI diagnosis DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy DT drug therapy
EC economics EM embryology
EN enzymology EP epidemiology
EH ethnology ET etiology
GE genetics HI history
IM immunology ME metabolism
MI microbiology MO mortality
NU nursing PS parasitology
PA pathology PP physiopathology
PC prevention & control PX psychology
RT radiotherapy RH rehabilitation
SC secondary SU surgery
TH therapy UL ultrastructure
UR urine VE veterinary
VI virology  
Record Number:   2388 
Unique Identifier:   D002345 

Occurrence in VHL:
 

Similar:

 
DeCS