An anaesthesia perspective on carotid body tumour (CBT) excision: A twenty-year case series at the Singapore General Hospital.

An anaesthesia perspective on carotid body tumour (CBT) excision: A twenty-year case series at the Singapore General Hospital.

J Perioper Pract. 2017 Oct;27(10):228-233

Authors: Ng DW, Yam CI, Wong LT, Koh DL

Abstract
Carotid body tumours (CBT) are extremely rare neoplasms that arise from chemoreceptor cells at the bifurcation of the carotid artery. This rarity poses a challenge for the anaesthetist when dealing with surgeries for the removal of CBT. Reports of associated perioperative morbidity range from twenty to forty percent. This paper reviews the perioperative anaesthetic management of CBT patients and challenges in our institution's 20 year experience on 13 surgical CBT resections.

PMID: 29328847 [PubMed - in process]

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