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Metastatic Acetabular Fracture: A Rare Disease Presentation of Recurrent Head and Neck Paraganglioma

We present a case of a rare metastatic bone lesion of the acetabulum, associated with a pathologic fracture, found to be metastasis from a malignant carotid body paraganglioma upon histological analysis. We present a report of the patient’s clinical course following the identification of metastatic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Patchana, Tye, Fan, Juston, Jiganti, Max, Gnass, Ronaldo D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7212738/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32399330
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7596
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Sumario:We present a case of a rare metastatic bone lesion of the acetabulum, associated with a pathologic fracture, found to be metastasis from a malignant carotid body paraganglioma upon histological analysis. We present a report of the patient’s clinical course following the identification of metastatic disease to the right acetabulum, as well as a review of paragangliomas and their propensity for metastasis.