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*Carotid body tumour = paraganglioma of carotid body. | *Carotid body tumour = paraganglioma of carotid body. | ||
==Epidemiology== | ===Epidemiology=== | ||
*Very rare | *Very rare | ||
*Rarely malignant | *Rarely malignant | ||
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**[[MEN 2B]]. | **[[MEN 2B]]. | ||
==Clinical== | ===Clinical=== | ||
*10% bilateral, multiple, familial, pediatric and malignant.<ref name=Ref_EP327>{{Ref EP|327}}</ref> | *10% bilateral, multiple, familial, pediatric and malignant.<ref name=Ref_EP327>{{Ref EP|327}}</ref> | ||
==Gross== | |||
*Dusky colour. | |||
Note: | |||
*''Pheo'' (in [[pheochromocytoma]]) is ''dusky''; ''chromo'' is ''colour''. | |||
Image: | |||
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mediastinal_paraganglioma.jpg Mediastinal paraganglioma (WC/AFIP)]. | |||
==Microscopic== | ==Microscopic== | ||