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Benign carotid body tumor presenting with Horner's syndrome. A case report
N M Sankar1, J Munene, S B Arumugam
1Department of Cardiac Surgery, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Madras, India.
Texas Heart Institute Journal
|January 1, 1996
Abstract:
A 28-year-old woman presented at our institution with a mass on the left side of her neck and Horner's syndrome. The mass was successfully removed with preservation of the carotid arteries; histopathologic examination confirmed that it was a benign carotid body tumor. This case emphasizes that, with care, the carotid arteries and cranial nerves can be preserved despite the hazards of carotid tumor excision.