"Carotid body tumour: A case report"

Carotid body tumours are rare, slowly growing benign neoplasm arising from paraganglionic cells at the region of carotid bifurcation. They are the rare tumours of head and neck region derived from neural crest. We report here a case of carotid body tumour which was successfully treated surgically. Key Word: Carotid body tumour ; Paraganglioma ; Chemodectoma