Abdullah Abdullah, Abdulaziz Hamzah, Ali S Alsudais, Raghad S Alzahrani, Hatem Souror, Gutaybah S Alqarni, Afnan A Ashqar, Yousef H Hemeq, Omar Dakkak
The carotid body, situated at the common carotid artery bifurcation, comprises specialized glomus cells responsible for sensing blood oxygen, carbon dioxide, pH, and temperature changes, crucial for regulating breathing and maintaining oxygen homeostasis. Carotid body tumors (CBTs), arising from these cells, are rare, representing only 0.5% of head and neck tumors, often presenting as benign, slow-growing, vascularized masses. In February 2023, this bibliometric analysis was conducted, which involved screening 1733 articles from the Web of Science database...
February 2024: Curēus