Retroperitoneal Paraganglioma Presenting as a Chest Pain: A Case Report | Zendy

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Retroperitoneal Paraganglioma Presenting as a Chest Pain: A Case Report

Author(s) -

Parag Brahmbhatt,

Pranav Patel,

Atif Saleem,

Rathi Narayan,

Mark Young

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

case reports in oncological medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.173

H-Index - 7

eISSN - 2090-6714

pISSN - 2090-6706

DOI - 10.1155/2013/329472

Subject(s) - medicine , paraganglioma , vomiting , chest pain , nausea , radiology , neuroendocrine tumors , surgery , pathology

Paragangliomas are very rare tumors derived from neuroendocrine cells of autonomic nervous system. Extra-adrenal paragangliomas account for only 10 to 15% of all paragangliomas and may present incidentally as a mass. Typical triad of fluctuating hypertension, headache, and sweating is not always present which makes the diagnosis difficult sometimes. Definitive diagnosis is usually made with histologic findings and surgery is the treatment of choice. We report a case of a 53-year-old male who presented with chest pain and vomiting.

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