A Rare Cause of Recurrent Dyspnea in Emergency Service: Carotid Body Tumor
Hakan Oguzturk *
Faculty of Medicine, Emergency Department, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey
Esra Karaman
Faculty of Medicine, Emergency Department, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey
Muhammet Gokhan Turtay
Faculty of Medicine, Emergency Department, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey
Şükrü Gürbüz
Faculty of Medicine, Emergency Department, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey
Kasım Turgut
Faculty of Medicine, Emergency Department, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey
Özge Erdogmus
Faculty of Medicine, Emergency Department, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey.
Inan Beydilli
Antalya Education and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Carotid Body Tumors (CBT) are rare neoplasms that are represent 0.5% of neoplasms of the head and neck.
In the current report, we present the case of a patient with syncope and recurrent dyspnea attack who, after other causes had been ruled out, was found to have a left-sided CBT as the cause of her problems.
She was monitored in the emergency department for 24 hours. Lastly, she was discharged by arranging symptomatic therapy because she refused the surgical intervention due to fear of death.
Despite the development of therapy techniques, CBT continue to have high incidence of complications like in our case.
Keywords: Carotid body tumor, dyspnea, emergency medicine.