Size of the Carotid Body in Patients with Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases Measured by Computed Tomography Angiography: A Case-Control Study

Figure 1

Images from a 53-year-old man in the control group (right: caudal image in which the small, avidly enhancing left carotid body (CB) (black arrow) is seen between the external carotid artery (smaller one on the ventral side) and the internal carotid artery (larger one on the dorsal side); left: a somewhat more cranial image in which the narrow branch of the external carotid artery (white arrows) is easily differentiated from the carotid body).