A Unique Case of an Aggressive Gangliocytic Paraganglioma of the Filum Terminale

Paragangliomas are rare neuroendocrine tumors that are mostly found in the head and neck. Even less common are gangliocytic variant paragangliomas of the spine for which there are only 7 other documented cases in the literature. We report a case of gangliocytic paraganglioma of the sacral spine in a...

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Autores principales: Akbik, Omar S., Floruta, Crina, Chohan, Muhammad O., SantaCruz, Karen S., Carlson, Andrew P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4940518/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27433367
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1232594
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author Akbik, Omar S.
Floruta, Crina
Chohan, Muhammad O.
SantaCruz, Karen S.
Carlson, Andrew P.
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description Paragangliomas are rare neuroendocrine tumors that are mostly found in the head and neck. Even less common are gangliocytic variant paragangliomas of the spine for which there are only 7 other documented cases in the literature. We report a case of gangliocytic paraganglioma of the sacral spine in a 68-year-old man. The growth pattern is documented over three years, which to our knowledge has not previously been reported in the literature and is different from the natural history. Clinical, radiological, and pathological characteristics of the tumor are discussed in light of available reports of this rare tumor.
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spelling pubmed-49405182016-07-18 A Unique Case of an Aggressive Gangliocytic Paraganglioma of the Filum Terminale Akbik, Omar S. Floruta, Crina Chohan, Muhammad O. SantaCruz, Karen S. Carlson, Andrew P. Case Rep Surg Case Report Paragangliomas are rare neuroendocrine tumors that are mostly found in the head and neck. Even less common are gangliocytic variant paragangliomas of the spine for which there are only 7 other documented cases in the literature. We report a case of gangliocytic paraganglioma of the sacral spine in a 68-year-old man. The growth pattern is documented over three years, which to our knowledge has not previously been reported in the literature and is different from the natural history. Clinical, radiological, and pathological characteristics of the tumor are discussed in light of available reports of this rare tumor. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-06-28 /pmc/articles/PMC4940518/ /pubmed/27433367 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1232594 Text en Copyright © 2016 Omar S. Akbik et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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A Unique Case of an Aggressive Gangliocytic Paraganglioma of the Filum Terminale
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title_full A Unique Case of an Aggressive Gangliocytic Paraganglioma of the Filum Terminale
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title_short A Unique Case of an Aggressive Gangliocytic Paraganglioma of the Filum Terminale
title_sort unique case of an aggressive gangliocytic paraganglioma of the filum terminale
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4940518/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27433367
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1232594
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