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chemodectoma
chemodectoma[¦kē·mō‚dek′tō·mə] (medicine) A benign tumor of the carotid body. chemodectoma
chemodectoma [ke″mo-dek-to´mah] any benign, chromaffin-negative tumor of the chemoreceptor system, such as a tumor of the carotid, aortic, or tympanic body.che·mo·dec·to·ma (kē'mō-dek-tō'mă), Aortic body, carotid body, chemoreceptor, or glomus jugulare tumor; nonchromaffin paraganglioma; receptoma; a relatively rare, usually benign neoplasm originating in the chemoreceptor tissue of the carotid body, glomus jugulare, and aortic bodies; consisting histologically of rounded or ovoid hyperchromatic cells that tend to be grouped in an alveoluslike pattern within a scant to moderate amount of fibrous stroma and a few large thin-walled vascular channels. Compare: paraganglioma. Synonym(s): aortic body tumor, carotid body tumor, nonchromaffin paraganglioma [chemo- + G. dektēs, receiver, fr. dechomai, to receive, + -oma, tumor] chemodectoma (1) Paraganglioma.
(2) Carotid body tumour, see there.che·mo·dec·to·ma (kē'mō-dek-tō'mă) A relatively rare, usually benign neoplasm originating in the chemoreceptor tissue of the carotid body, glomus jugulare, and aortic bodies.
Compare: paraganglioma
Synonym(s): glomus jugulare tumor. [chemo- + G. dektēs, receiver, fr. dechomai, to receive, + -oma, tumor] |