Case Report

Challenges in the Management of Massive Carotid Body Tumor

Figure 7

(a) Chromogranin, (×40) immunohistochemical stain (3+) in about 80% of the tumor cells in keeping with a diagnosis of paraganglioma. (b) Synaptophysin, (×40) immunohistochemical stain showing positive diffuse cytoplasmic staining (3+) in about 95% of the tumor cells in keeping with a diagnosis of paraganglioma.
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