RETROPERITONEAL PARAGANGLIOMA: A CASE REPORT

Retroperitoneal non-functioning paraganglioma: A case report

Retroperitoneal Paraganglioma Presenting as a Chest Pain: A Case Report

Paragangliomas are very rare tumors derived from neuroendocrine cells of autonomic nervous system. Extra-adrenal paragangliomas account for only 10 to 15% of all paragangliomas and may present incidentally as a mass. Typical triad of fluctuating hypertension, headache, and sweating is not always present which makes the diagnosis difficult sometimes. Definitive diagnosis is usually made with his...

An unusual localization of retroperitoneal paraganglioma: a case report

Paragangliomas are rare tumors arising from extra-adrenal chromaffine tissues. The diagnosis of non-functional retroperitoneal paraganglioma and its surgical management can be difficult. We report a case of a retroperitoneal paragangliomaof an unusual localization that renders the surgery more challenging. A 40 year-old woman presented to our department with a four-month history of upper quadra...

Management dilemmas of retroperitoneal paraganglioma: report of a case.

A 17-year-old boy presented to emergency department with abdominal pain in the left upper quadrant along with a palpable mass. A CT scan revealed a 10 x 8.5 cm mass in the retroperitoneal area, suggestive of a sarcoma. The patient underwent surgical resection of the lesion, the histological examination of which confirmed a paraganglioma. An 131I-Metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) scan excluded dist...

Retroperitoneal paraganglioma manifesting as paralytic ileus: a case report

INTRODUCTION Retroperitoneal neoplasms are rare and easily misdiagnosed. These tumors are often discovered incidentally during imaging studies performed for other reasons. Paragangliomas are tumors that arise from extra-adrenal medullary neural crest derivatives. They are usually located in the head and neck but can be found in various body sites, including the chest cavity, abdomen, pelvis and...