Presentation
Painless left upper neck mass
Patient Data
Age: 60 years
Gender: Female
From the case:
Carotid body tumor
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Left upper cervical mass splaying the internal and external carotid arteries (lyre sign). It elicits an isosignal to muscle on T1, inhomogeneous high signal on T2 with salt and pepper appearance and vivid enhancement on postcontrast sequences.
Case Discussion
MRI appearance of carotid body tumor (also called a chemodectoma or carotid body paraganglioma).
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