Chemodectoma

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Chemodectoma: any benign, chromaffin-negative tumor of the chemoreceptor system; the most common types are the carotid ( the principal artery in the neck) body tumor and the glomus jugulare tumor. Also known as nonchromaffin paraganglioma.

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