A 55-year-old woman had a right-sided neck mass overlying the angle of the mandible, which proved to be a chemodectoma. The occurrence, differential diagnosis, and relatively high frequency of incorrect preoperative diagnosis of carotid body tumors is reviewed. The essential role of angiography to substantiate the diagnosis is discussed.
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