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MALIGNANT PARAGANGLIOMA CAUSING BILATERAL PLEURAL EFFUSIONS
Author(s) -
CLARNETTE ROGER M.,
BAYLISS E. J.,
MATZ L.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1989.tb01680.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pleural effusion , paraganglioma , chemotherapy , dry cough , urinary system , biopsy , pleural fluid , pathology , radiology , surgery
A male patient presented with dyspnea due to a large left pleural effusion, and pleural biopsy revealed a malignant paraganglioma. Raised urinary catecholamine levels confirmed a functioning tumour. Aggressive local spread occurred which did not respond to cytotoxic chemotherapy. The primary site of the tumour was most likely the aorticosympathetic chain. (Aust NZ J Med 1989; 19: 61–63).