Author(s)

Hakan Atalay¹, Atakan Atalay², Omer Faruk Dogan^3*

¹Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Private Mersin Meadle-East Hospital, Mersin, Turkey.
²Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Cukurova University Medical Faculty, Adana, Turkey.
³Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Adana Numune Education and Training Hospital, Adana, Turkey.

A carotid body tumour (CBT) is a rare form of an extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma. They are commonly diagnosed as asymptomatic neck masses. A careful preoperative evaluation is required to find out the functional and vascular status of these tumours. Herein, we report two cases of carotid body paraganglioma, their evaluation and surgical management.

Carotid Body Tumour, Paraganglioma, Phaeochromocytoma

Atalay, H. , Atalay, A. and Dogan, O. (2014) Carotid Body Tumour as an Unusual Cardiovascular Pathology: Report of Two Cases. Open Access Library Journal, 1, 1-5. doi: 10.4236/oalib.1101005.