Nonfunctioning symptomatic paraganglioma: Is there an optimal follow-up for patients with extra-adrenal benign paragangliomas

Paragangliomas are rare neuroendocrine neoplasms originating from the embryological neural crest. In most cases, they exhibit a benign behavior. Here we report a case of a small symptomatic para-aortic paraganglioma, which was completely removed surgically and a review of the available literature re...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Mantas, D., Kandilis, A., Charalampoudis, P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2014
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4155394/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25194052
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rju092
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Sumario:Paragangliomas are rare neuroendocrine neoplasms originating from the embryological neural crest. In most cases, they exhibit a benign behavior. Here we report a case of a small symptomatic para-aortic paraganglioma, which was completely removed surgically and a review of the available literature regarding the optimal follow-up of a benign paraganglioma, since no guidelines are currently available for this rare entity.

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