Carotid body paraganglioma showing multiple spinal metastases.
- Author:
Woon Gyu PARK
1
;
Myung Ho KIM
;
Young Ju LEE
;
Hee Tae KIM
;
Seung Hyun KIM
;
Ju Han KIM
Author Information
1. Dept of Neurology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Angiography;
Aorta;
Carotid Arteries;
Carotid Body Tumor*;
Carotid Body*;
Head;
Humans;
Neck;
Neoplasm Metastasis*;
Neural Crest;
Paraganglioma
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
1997;15(5):1208-1213
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Paragangliomas are rare and slowly growing pulsating hypervascular tumors arising from neural crest cell derivatives throughout the body. In the head and neck, they originate from the branchiometric family of paraganglioma, neuroendocrine tissue that lies along the carotid artery or aorta. Despite their propensity for locally aggressive behavior, metastases of the tumors are quite rare. We report an unusual case of carotid body paraganglioma showing multiple spinal metastases and demonstrated by spinal angiography.
