Pulmonary paraganglioma in a 10-year-old: a case report and review of the literature

Paraganglioma is a rare extra-adrenal tumor of the paraganglia often found in association with sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves. The case presented is of a 10-year-old boy with hemoptysis who was found to have an obstructive bronchial mass. He underwent surgical resection and biopsy confirmed...

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Autores principales: Geoffrion, Tracy R, DeKeyzer, Linde, Shah, Gopi, Nair, Suja J, Pirolli, Timothy J, Kernstine, Kemp
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5887388/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29644036
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjy047
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Sumario:Paraganglioma is a rare extra-adrenal tumor of the paraganglia often found in association with sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves. The case presented is of a 10-year-old boy with hemoptysis who was found to have an obstructive bronchial mass. He underwent surgical resection and biopsy confirmed primary pulmonary paraganglioma. He was subsequently found to have an associated genetic syndrome. This is the first case report describing a primary pulmonary paraganglioma in a child.

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