Carotid body tumor arises from?: (A) Not a tumor but called a tumor, (B) Carotid artery, (C) Parasympathetic paraganglioma, (D) Sympathetic paraganglioma
Answer is C. "The carotid body tumor is a prototype of parasympathetic paraganglioma". — Essentials of clinical pathology "Pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas are well-vascularized tumors that arise from cells derived from the sympathetic (e.g., adrenal medulla) or parasympathetic (e.g., carotid body, glomus vagale) paraganglia".