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Posterior mediastinal paragangliomas: A report of three patients with peculiar tumours
Author(s) -
AYADIKADDOUR Aïda,
BRAHAM Emna,
ISMAIL Olfa,
SMATI Bellahssan,
DJILANI Habiba,
EL MEZNI Faouzi
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
respirology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.857
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1440-1843
pISSN - 1323-7799
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2008.01475.x
Subject(s) - medicine , paraganglioma , mediastinum , posterior mediastinum , radiology , dumbbell , physical therapy
Paragangliomas of the mediastinum are rare neoplasms, representing less than 0.3% of mediastinal tumours and less than 2% of all paragangliomas. To date, no definitive morphologic criteria exist that correlate with the clinical outcome of these tumours. This report describes three patients with peculiar primary paragangliomas of the posterior mediastinum: gangliocytic, dumbbell and functional paraganglioma. The clinicopathological characteristics of these patients are presented and the literature reviewed.