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MSH: Benign paraganglioma at the bifurcation of the COMMON CAROTID ARTERIES. It can encroach on the parapharyngeal space and produce dysphagia, pain, and cranial nerve palsies.,NCI: A neoplasm of the chemoreceptor system (e.g. carotid body, glomus jugulare, glomus vagale) for which the malignancy status has not be established.,NCI: 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.
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