XXXX . A review of 52 cases.

@entity1 @entity129 @entity1158 @entity5 @entity358
During a 22-year period (1962-1984) 52 carotid body @entity5 were encountered in 50 @entity1 . In addition, 2 of the @entity1 had @entity5 of the glomus intravagale. One @entity1 had a recurrent @entity5 , the first one having been removed 23 years previously. The ages ranged from 23 to 80 years, the female/male ratio was 2:1, and the right side was affected twice as often as the left. Four @entity1 were treated non-surgically; 3 were too elderly and frail to undergo the operation and in the 4th case the @entity5 was considered inoperable. In 2 cases excision was attempted but abandoned for technical reasons. In the remaining 44 @entity1 46 @entity5 were excised, with grafting of the internal carotid artery in 6 cases. There were 2 deaths (4.5%), 1 after @entity1158 and 1 a @entity358 . Eight @entity1 were left with @entity129 , which had been present preoperatively in 5 cases. Of the @entity5 7 (13.5%) were found to be malignant. The results of endocrine studies when undertaken were normal. Although ultrasonography and computed tomography were used in some cases, arteriography was the definitive mode of investigation.
