Eight cases of carotid body tumor diagnosed by Bmode ultrasonic imaging

摘要

This paper reports that 8 patients with carotid body tumors were diag-nosed by B-mode ultrasonic imaging.Among them,only 3 were originally clinicallydiagnosed as having the disease.The features of carotid body tumors in the 8cases,seen by B-mode ultrasonogram,are described.It is considered thatultrasonography of carotid body tumors is specific,trauma-free,accurate andsimple,and it may be an important method in identifying and diagnosing the dis-ease.