An 83-year-old man presented with drowsiness, dysarthria, anosognosia, forced right gaze deviation and left hemianopia, hemiplegia, and hemianesthesia consistent with a right hemispheric stroke. A painless, nonpulsatile, right cervical mass was noted. CT angiography demonstrated a right carotid body tumor (CBT) occluding the ipsilateral internal carotid artery (figure) and a fetal-type right po...

Dear Editor, Vagal paragangliomas are uncommon tumors of the parapharyngeal space, approximately 200 cases having been reported. They arise from tissue of the extra adrenal sympathetic nervous system. They mostly manifest as a painless neck mass near the angle of the mandible usually between the skull base and the hyoid bone. The other manifestations are hoarseness and less commonly dysphagia, ...

A 52-year-old male with right carotid body tumor underwent direct percutaneous glue (n-butylcyanoacrylate [NBCA]) embolization. Several hours later, he developed left hemiparesis from embolization of the polymerized glue cast. Migration of glue during percutaneous tumor embolization is presumed to occur only in the liquid state, which may lead to stroke or cranial nerve deficits. To the best of...

Aortic body tumors, though comparatively rare, nevertheless have a place in the differential diagnosis of intrathoracic tumor. A review of the literature reveals ten previous case reports beginning with Lattes’ two cases in 1950. 7.9.10 12.I4 This type of tumor has variously been referred to as a non-chromaffin paraganglioma,9 chemodectoma,4” and aortic body tumor.3 Lattes9 suggested the term “...