Tumor of the Carotid Body Associated With Nodular Goiter

A case report of a concomitant total thyroidectomy and carotid body tumor resection in a 43 year old female

“…In our hospital, we utilized the surgical technique described previously by the senior author of this paper Hinojosa et al, named “Retrocarotid dissection”, which was introduced in our institution in 2007 and showed, a significant decrease in intraoperative bleeding and procedural time in comparison to the SCCD [ 21 ]. Compared to the case reported by Corbett and colleagues in 1950 [ 22 ] where both tumors were resected by separate incisions; we decided to perform an extended Kocher incision (a longitudinal incision along the anterior border of the sternocleidomastoid) with an appropriate exposure of the thyroid gland and the carotid bifurcation ( Fig. 2 B), this extended incision allowed adequate exposure of the surgical field, providing better cosmesis for the patient instead of performing a second incision for the carotid body tumor resection.…”

“…2 B), this extended incision allowed adequate exposure of the surgical field, providing better cosmesis for the patient instead of performing a second incision for the carotid body tumor resection. To the best of our knowledge, the association of carotid body tumor with multinodular goiter has only been described once in a 60-year-old male with both of the masses being asymptomatic [ 22 ].…”

A case report of coexisting multinodular goiter with carotid body tumor

“…We presents a rare case report involving a Shamblin type III CBT in conjunction with a BMNG, managed through surgical resection with carotid artery bypass for CBT and Dunhill thyroidectomy for BMNG. The coexistence of CBTs and multinodular goiter is rare, with only two reported cases to date [ 3 , 9 ]. This case study is reported in concordance with the SCARE criteria [ 10 ].…”