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Malignant carotid body paraganglioma

MedGen UID:
56318
•Concept ID:
C0153656
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Cancer of carotid body; cancer of carotid body; carotid body cancer; carotid body paraganglioma, malignant; chemodectoma, malignant; Malignant Carotid Body Neoplasm; malignant carotid body neoplasm; Malignant Carotid Body Paraganglioma; malignant carotid body paraganglioma; Malignant carotid body tumor; Malignant Carotid Body Tumor; malignant carotid body tumor; malignant carotid body tumor (morphologic abnormality); malignant carotid body tumour; malignant carotid body tumour (morphologic abnormality); Malignant neoplasm of carotid body; Malignant Neoplasm of Carotid Body; malignant neoplasm of carotid body; Malignant Neoplasm of the Carotid Body; malignant neoplasm of the carotid body; Malignant Tumor of Carotid Body; malignant tumor of carotid body; Malignant Tumor of the Carotid Body; malignant tumor of the carotid body; malignant tumour of carotid body; malignant tumour of the carotid body; Metastatic Carotid Body Paraganglioma
SNOMED CT: Malignant carotid body tumor (16822006); Cancer of carotid body (447883002); Malignant neoplasm of carotid body (447883002)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0004650

Definition

A carotid body paraganglioma that metastasizes to other anatomic sites. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVMalignant carotid body paraganglioma

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Outcomes of Carotid Body Tumor Management with Active Surveillance.
Lyle DA, Lopez A, Osofsky R, Wiemann B, Boyd N, Olson G, Rana MA
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 2023 May;132(5):551-557. Epub 2022 Jun 20 doi: 10.1177/00034894221105833. PMID: 35723203
Treatment of Head and Neck Paragangliomas.
Hu K, Persky MS
Cancer Control 2016 Jul;23(3):228-41. doi: 10.1177/107327481602300306. PMID: 27556663
Head and Neck Paragangliomas: An Update on Evaluation and Management.
Moore MG, Netterville JL, Mendenhall WM, Isaacson B, Nussenbaum B
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2016 Apr;154(4):597-605. Epub 2016 Feb 9 doi: 10.1177/0194599815627667. PMID: 26861230

Recent clinical studies

Diagnosis

Successful treatment of a rare metastatic malignant carotid body tumour in a young adult, with conservative surgery and local radiotherapy.
Williamson J, Leopold G, Prabhu V, Ingrams D
J Laryngol Otol 2012 Apr;126(4):428-31. Epub 2011 Oct 28 doi: 10.1017/S0022215111002994. PMID: 22032730

Clinical prediction guides

Malignant carotid body paraganglioma: light and electron microscopic study of the tumor and its metastases.
Robertson DI, Cooney TP
Cancer 1980 Dec 15;46(12):2623-33. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19801215)46:12<2623::aid-cncr2820461215>3.0.co;2-u. PMID: 7448701

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