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Multicentric Chemodectomata at High Altitude


SD Nathanson
H Gaylis

Abstract

Multicentric chemodectomata in the right glomus intravagale and both carotid bodies were excised from a 74year-old woman. These are rare tumours. The patient was born and lived at an altitude of 1 800 m above sea level. The effects of altitude and chronic hypoxia on the carotid bodies are discussed. Some chemodectomata may, in fact, be extreme examples of hypoxia - induced hyperplasia of chemoreceptor tissue.

S. Afr. Med. J., 48, 1715. (1974)

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