A carotid body tumor (also called paraganglionoma or chemodectoma) is a tumor found in the upper neck at the branching of the carotid artery. They arise from the chemoreceptor organ (paraganglion) located in the adventitia of the carotid artery bifurcation. [ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0736-9199 ]
Synonyms: Carotid body tumors Carotid body tumours Paragangliomas
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- SNOMEDCT_US:72787006
- UMLS:C0030421
- SNOMEDCT_US:302833002
- SNOMEDCT_US:127027008
- NCIT:C3308
- SNOMEDCT_US:253029009
- SNOMEDCT_US:803009