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Hyperparathyroidism in association with carotid body tumor is a rare combination. A common embryologic cellular origin was postulated previously to explain this unusual occurrence. We report a case of left carotid body tumor and left inferior parathyroid adenoma. We believe this to be the sixth reported case in the literature with this combination.
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Ali, I.M., Graham, C., Sanalla, B. et al. Carotid body tumor associated with hyperparathyroidism. Annals of Vascular Surgery 8, 595–598 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02017418
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