OBJECTIVE: To evaluate our results of the treatment of patients with carotid body tumours. DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: University hospital, Greece. SUBJECTS: 17 patients operated on for a carotid body tumour during the past 20 years. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Hospital mortality and morbidity, long-term outcome. RESULTS: 3 patients had temporary cranial nerve lesions postoperatively, all of which resolved within three months. One patient developed a severe stroke and died seven days postoperatively. During follow-up that ranged from 7 months to 20 years, two patients died of unrelated causes. 5 patients were lost to follow up, and the remaining 10 were doing well with no signs of recurrence at the time of writing. CONCLUSION: Excision of a carotid body tumour is recommended at the time of initial diagnosis in good-risk patients to avoid the difficulty of subsequent excision of an enlarging and highly vascular tumour with possible encasement of the carotid artery.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate our results of the treatment of patients with carotid body tumours. DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: University hospital, Greece. SUBJECTS: 17 patients operated on for a carotid body tumour during the past 20 years. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Hospital mortality and morbidity, long-term outcome. RESULTS: 3 patients had temporary cranial nerve lesions postoperatively, all of which resolved within three months. One patient developed a severe stroke and died seven days postoperatively. During follow-up that ranged from 7 months to 20 years, two patients died of unrelated causes. 5 patients were lost to follow up, and the remaining 10 were doing well with no signs of recurrence at the time of writing. CONCLUSION: Excision of a carotid body tumour is recommended at the time of initial diagnosis in good-risk patients to avoid the difficulty of subsequent excision of an enlarging and highly vascular tumour with possible encasement of the carotid artery.
Authors: Carlos Suárez; Juan P Rodrigo; William M Mendenhall; Marc Hamoir; Carl E Silver; Vincent Grégoire; Primož Strojan; Hartmut P H Neumann; Rupert Obholzer; Christian Offergeld; Johannes A Langendijk; Alessandra Rinaldo; Alfio Ferlito Journal: Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol Date: 2013-02-19 Impact factor: 2.503
Authors: D Grotemeyer; S M Loghmanieh; S Pourhassan; T A Sagban; F Iskandar; P Reinecke; W Sandmann Journal: Chirurg Date: 2009-09 Impact factor: 0.955
Authors: B G Fennessy; H P W Kozakewich; M Silvera; K Frerichs; C W Lillhei; D Poe; R Rahbar Journal: Ir J Med Sci Date: 2009-05-07 Impact factor: 1.568