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Carotid Body Paraganglioma
Definition 1
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. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
A neoplasm of the chemoreceptor system (e.g. carotid body, glomus jugulare, glomus vagale) for which the malignancy status has not be established. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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