D35.6: Benign neoplasm: Aortic body and other paraganglia

You have benign abnormal tissue from nerve cells in the neck or chest.

When there is abnormal growth of tissue in an organ, then this is also referred to as a tumor. The tissue in the body is made up of cells. A tumor disorder involves the cells multiplying more than normal. This results in abnormal or excess tissue forming. A tumor can be benign or malignant. The tumor you have is benign. Benign tumors do not destroy the healthy tissue and do not spread throughout the body.

There are special nerve cells at the aorta in the chest. These nerve cells measure things like the level of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood. These nerve cells can use hormones to influence things like the level of oxygen and carbon dioxide.

Nerve cells are part of the nervous system. The nervous system has tasks throughout the body and passes information on through the body. For example, the nervous system mediates stress responses. When a nerve cell tumor forms, then this can trigger lots of symptoms. You can then have blood pressure that is too high. You may also feel shaky and very tense.

However, it is also possible that you will have no symptoms at all.