## Abstract A retrospective study of 20 patients treated at the Tata Memorial Hospital over a period of 50 years, 1941β1991, is presented. Seventyβfive percent (15/20) of the patients presented before their fifth decade with a maleβtoβfemale ratio of 2:1. The commonest presenting symptom was a pain
Malignant carotid body tumor
β Scribed by William Carroll; Kerstin Stenson; Scott Stringer
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 280 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1043-3074
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