Carotid body tumor differential diagnosis
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sahar Memar Montazerin, M.D.[2] Maria Fernanda Villarreal, M.D. [3]
Overview
[Disease name] must be differentiated from other diseases that cause [clinical feature 1], [clinical feature 2], and [clinical feature 3], such as [differential dx1], [differential dx2], and [differential dx3].
OR
[Disease name] must be differentiated from [[differential dx1], [differential dx2], and [differential dx3].
Differentiating Carotid Body Tumor from Other Diseases
- Carotid body tumor must be differentiated from other diseases that cause rounded neck mass, limited range of head motion, and dyspnea such as:[1]
- Vagal schwannoma
- Vagal neurofibroma
- Lymph node mass
- Glomus vagale tumour
- Carotid bulb ectasia
- Carotid calcification
- Branchial cleft cyst
References
- ↑ Carotid body tumor. Dr Henry Knipe. Radiopedia. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/carotid-body-tumour Accessed on April 8, 2016