Multidisciplinary Management of Carotid Body Tumors in a Tertiary Urban Institution

Table 1

Demographic data of patients included in the study.

Variable	Mean values or number
Number of patients	9
Number of tumors resected	10
Age	59.5 ± 16.3 years
Male gender	4 (45%)
Bilateral tumors	1 (11%)
Family history	0
Presentation
Painless mass	3 (33%)
Flushing/palpitations	0
Incidental discovery	6 (67%)
Syncope/presyncope	0
Painful mass	0
Dysphagia/dysgeusia	0
Dysphonia	0
Amaurosis	0
Imaging
Ultrasound duplex scan	9 (100%)
Computed tomography	0
Digital angiography	1 (11%)
Magnetic resonance angiography	8 (89%)