Carotid body tumors: Surgical experience in 215 cases

Carotid body tumors (CBTs) are unusual neoplasms consisting of chemoreceptor cells occurring mainly at the carotid bifurcation. The first description was made by van Haller in 1743 (Gad et al,2014) and later by Marchand in 1891. Although they are the most common form of head and neck paraganglioma, CBTs have been reported as very rare lesions and most vascular surgeons will encounter only a few during their career. In 2009, in the largest study ever published and utilizing the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (2002-2006) which represents a 20% sample of hospitals in the United States, Vogel (Vogel et al,2009) identified 2117 patients who underwent elective surgical procedures for CBT.

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