BILATERAL CAROTID BODY TUMOURS

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A healthy 37-year-old woman presented to the clinic with a painless left neck mass which had been present for about 15 years. The size of the mass had not changed in recent years. Physical examination revealed a palpable mass in the left neck. Subsequent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a tumour of about 4.6 cm at the left common carotid bifurcation splaying apart the internal and external carotid arteries (Figure 1A) with a classic “salt-and-pepper” appearance (Figure 1B). Another smaller tumour was identifi ed at the right carotid bifurcation.