Heredofamilial paragangliomas account for less than 10% of those arising in the head and
neck. Multiplicity, multicentricity, and bilaterality is roughly three times more common than in …

• The medical records of 64 patients with paraganglioma of the head and neck seen
between 1954 and 1984 at the University of Texas MD Anderson Hospital, Houston, were …

A total of 44 carotid body tumors were observed for over 40 years at Memorial Sloan-
Kettering Cancer Center in New York. The true nature of th paraganglioma can remain …

An individualized approach to the management of patients with cervical chemodectomas is
presented, based on clinical presentation and surgical findings. Preoperative arteriography …

RESULTS Investigation of the 23 members of patient no. 1's family group revealed a total of
19radionuclide studies that were interpreted as normal. Four studies from this group were …

Carotid body tumours, or chemodectomas, can occur on both sides of the neck (5%), and
this bilaterality increases sixfold (30%) where a familial pattern is evident. The known …

• A large family with a history of hereditary chemodectoma has been successfully screened
by means of radionuclide scintiangiography. This procedure could restrict selective and …

Diagnosis of a Carotid Body Chemodectoma Dynamic Radionuclide Perfusion Scanning With
Page 1 CASE REPORTS Diagnosis of a Carotid Body Chemodectoma Dynamic Radionuclide …

The carotid body paraganglioma is a rare tumor that arises from the autonomic nervous
chemoreceptor. It can be diagnosed by contrast angiography. A patient in whom a carotid …

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic value of radioimmunoimaging by
radionuclide-labeled monoclonal antibody F023C5 (MAb), raised originally against …