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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]

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  1. Xiao, Zebin; She, Dejun; Cao, Dairong (2015). "Multiple paragangliomas of head and neck associated with hepatic paraganglioma: a case report". BMC Medical Imaging. 15 (1). doi:10.1186/s12880-015-0082-z. ISSN 1471-2342.