Malignant paraganglioma (multiple, multicentric and metastatic) in a female patient with family history of paraganglioma.
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Malignant paragangliomas are rare, but may occur especially in patients with familial forms of the disease. We present the case of a 23 year old woman diagnosed with bilateral carotid paraganglioma with distant and local metastases, associated to a family history of paraganglioma and we present a literature review.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Cirugia espanola
دوره 93 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015