THE ultra-structure and hence the mode of functioning of the alleged chemoreceptors of the carotid body are still the least understood of all known sensory tissues. In a previous investigation it ...

Lymph nodes usually are found lateral to the vascular structures of the carotid sheath; therefore, an enhancing mass between the carotid artery and internal jugular vein is less likely to be nodal ...

At this point, the main diagnostic considerations included a cervical mass lesion within the carotid sheath, such as dissection of the carotid artery, which could cause a mass effect on the adjacent ...

The sternocleidomastoid muscle was retracted, the carotid sheath incised ... consisting of nerve and its nutrient vessels. These structures, which together measure 3 to 6 mm in width, were ...