Gray-Scale Ultrasound Detection of Carotid Body Tumors

Report of 2 Cases1
Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1148/132.2.409

Ultrasonography may be useful as a screening test for carotid body tumors before arteriography. Such tumors are seen as solid, well-circumscribed, weakly echogenic masses located at the carotid bifurcation.

Article History

Received: Dec 20 1978
Accepted: Apr 13 1979
Published in print: Aug 1979