PC064. Clinical Outcomes of Patients With Recurrent Paragangliomas After Resection of Carotid Body Tumors

Little is known about the risk or behavior of recurrent head and neck paraganglioma (rHNP) after resection of carotid body tumors (CBTs). Clinical details of consecutive patients with rHNP after CBT resection (CBTR) from January 1996 to December 2017 were retrospectively reviewed. Recurrence was defined as a new HNP in the ipsilateral neck. Among 170 CBTs treated at our institution (167 CBTRs), 11 patients developed rHNP (8 CBTs, 3 glomus vagale...