carotid body paraganglioma
MONDO:0021053Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names carotid body paraganglioma yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A benign or malignant extra-adrenal parasympathetic paraganglioma arising from paraganglia adjacent to or in the bifurcation of the common carotid artery. Most patients present with a slow growing, painless mass in the neck.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0021053), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
Other names
1 name
Resolves to: carotid body paraganglioma
- Also called
- paraganglioma of carotid body