Abstract
Carotid bodies belong to an organ system of mesenchymal or neural origin intimately connected with blood vessels in various parts of the body, and function as chemoreceptors. Tumors derived from them are slow growing and spread essentially by expansion and incorporation of local structures; however, lymph and blood vessel spread does occur. Excision of carotid body tumors should be done without sacrificing the carotid bifurcation since this procedure has a high mortality and disability rate. Allied tumors arise in other locations, giving rise to characteristic signs and symptoms which demand surgical treatment: the jugular, aortic, ciliary and vagal bodies, and the questionable alveolar, femoral and retroperitoneal bodies. Eight carotid body tumors and one aortic body tumor have been seen at the Boston City Hospital. One tumor was operated upon in 1887 and may have been the first such tumor resected without sacrificing the carotid bifurcation.
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