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Can you please tell me about a paraganglioma surgically removed from their neck?

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Dr. Hassan Arshad answered

Specializes in ENT and Head and Neck Surgery

Paraganglioma: The majority of paragangliomas are benign tumors. In the neck, the most common one is called a carotid body tumor. The risk of having these removed has to do with several important nerves and blood vessels that are either involved or in the vicinity of the tumor.

Answered 2/18/2014

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