chemodectoma /che·mo·dec·to·ma/ (-dek-to´mah) any benign, chromaffin-negative tumor of the chemoreceptor system, e.g., a carotid body tumor or glomus jugulare tumor.
che·mo·dec·to·ma (k  m -d k-t m )n. A relatively rare, usually benign tumor originating in chemoreceptor tissue. Also called aortic-body tumor, carotid-body tumor, glomus jugulare tumor, nonchromaffin paraganglioma. |
chemodectoma
nonchromaffin paraganglionoma: any tumor of the chemoreceptor system, e.g. a carotid body tumor, aortic body tumor. Brachycephalic breeds of dogs are predisposed, possibly due to genetic factors and chronic hypoxia.
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