PMID: 512117

Issn Print: 0363-8715

Publication Date: 1979/12/01


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Computed Tomography of a Carotid Body Tumor

Robert A. Ferris; Louis P. Kirschner; James H. Mero; Richard L. Fields; Thomas M. Fulcher

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Abstract

A patient with a carotid body tumor was evaluated by computed tomography. The tumor demonstrated an enhanced rim and a central lower density. This corresponds to the “eggshell” appearance described angiographically in carotid body tumors.

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Carotid body—Computed tomography.

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