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carotid body paraganglioma

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A benign or malignant extra-adrenal parasympathetic paraganglioma arising from paraganglia adjacent to or in the bifurcation of the common carotid artery. Most patients present with a slow growing, painless mass in the neck. [ NCIT:C2932 ]

Term info

database cross reference
  • ICDO:8692/1 (NCIT:C2932)
  • NCIT:C2932 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • GARD:0010598 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • UMLS:C0007279 (NCIT:C2932)
definition

A benign or malignant extra-adrenal parasympathetic paraganglioma arising from paraganglia adjacent to or in the bifurcation of the common carotid artery. Most patients present with a slow growing, painless mass in the neck.

exactMatch

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C2932, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0007279

has exact synonym

carotid body paraganglioma, paraganglioma of carotid body

has related synonym

chemodectoma, undetermined, carotid body tumor, chemodectoma, tumor of the carotid body, tumor of carotid body, paraganglioma of the carotid body, carotid body chemodectoma

id

MONDO:0021053