Open AccessNon-functional retroperitoneal paraganglioma: A case report
Author(s) -
Ashok Chattoraj,
Uma M Rao,
Nilanjan Sarkar,
Sridevi Jakka
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_189_19
Subject(s) - medicine , paraganglioma , abdomen , gist , pancreas , abdominal cavity , skull , radiology , pheochromocytoma , medullary cavity , surgery , pathology , stromal cell
Paragangliomas are extra-adrenal tumors of the autonomic nervous system and may be found within the skull base, neck, chest, and abdomen. When presenting within the abdominal cavity, they may arise as a primary retroperitoneal neoplasm and can mimic vascular malformations or other conditions related to specific retroperitoneal organs such as the pancreas, kidneys. [1] They synthesize, store, and secrete catecholamines because of which they may present with headache, sweating, palpitation, and symptoms of hypertension (functional). [2] In the absence of histological diagnosis and symptoms of catecholamine excess (non-functional), these may be mistaken for GISTs. [3] We are reporting a case of a 36-year-old female who was clinically diagnosed as GIST, underwent excision, and postoperative histopathological examination was found to be paraganglioma.