A 29-year-old male asked:
i believe i have a neck mass that is causing inappropriate carotid sinus stimulation causing bradycardic pre syncope. do i need mri or can ct/us work?
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Dr. Robert Uyeda answered
45 years experience General Surgery
You need to: see a Head & Neck surgery specialist if you and your doctor think this might be a chemodectoma, a rare tumor of carotid sinus.
Answered on Mar 19, 2016
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Throat: No. The barium is helpful for the esophagus but won't detect anything small. See an ENT for an endoscopy. You may need a scan as well
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