He had no family history of carotid body tumors or pheochromocytoma ... Figure 1: Diagnostic 18 F-FDG-PET-CT scans of the case patient. The patient did not have a family history of ...

The present investigation was initiated by the incidental preoperative finding of a prolonged Quick prothrombin time in a woman with a carotid-body tumor. The demonstration of a similar clotting ...

and paragangliomas of the carotid bifurcation are carotid body tumors.) Lesions may occur in multiples along the extra-adrenal chromaffin cell system; 40%-50% of all patients with an auto-somal ...