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Role of the genetic study in the management of carotid body tumor in paraganglioma syndrome.
European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery : the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery - 1 Nov 2008
Antonello M, Piazza M, Menegolo M, Opocher G, Deriu G P, Grego F
Abstract excerpt
Diagnosis of carotid body tumor (CBT) was made in a 36 years old woman. The pre-operative examination included genetic analysis of the succinate dehydrogenase that showed a mutation in his subunit D responsible of multiple paraganglioma at slow growth. Subsequently a thoraco-abdominal CT and indium(111) octreotide body scan were performed and another paraganglioma was detected in the anterior mediastinum. CBT was...
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