Resection of Extratemporal Paragangliomas Including Carotid Body and Glomus Vagale Tumors

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2025-05-21

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Fagan, Johan
Poorten, Vincent. V.
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Open Access Atlas of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Operative Surgery

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University of Cape Town

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Division of Otorhinolaryngology
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Faculty of Health Sciences
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Abstract
Paragangliomas, also known as glomus tumours or chemodectomas, are neuroendocrine tumours that originate from glomus cells in paraganglia. They are derived from the embryonal neural crest. The cells are part of the sympathetic nervous system and serve as chemoreceptors. They are located in the vascular adventitia of blood vessels which include the carotid bodies in the carotid artery bifurcation.
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Paraganglioma, Glomus, Glomus Vagale, Carotid Body Tumor, Carotid Paraganglioma, Parapharyngeal Space

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Fagan, J. & Poorten, Vincent. V. 2025. Resection of Extratemporal Paragangliomas Including Carotid Body and Glomus Vagale Tumors. In Open Access Atlas of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Operative Surgery. J. Fagan, Ed.Cape Town, South Africa: University of Cape Town. 17. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43480 .

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