title: Aorticopulmonary paraganglioma (aortic body tumor): report of a case.
abstract: A case of aorticopulmonary paraganglioma in a 57-year-old man is described. The tumor comprised nests of uniform cells in a fibrovascular stroma. Electron microscopy revealed abundant neurosecretory granules, and S-100 protein staining demonstrated scattered sustentacular cells at the periphery of typical zellballen. The findings in this case correlated with those of studies on the prognosis for extraadrenal paragangliomas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, West Roxbury, Massachusetts 02132.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Bird
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Seiler
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008875:Middle Aged; D010236:Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010496:Pericardium; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D009418:S100 Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D014841:von Willebrand Factor / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D009418:S100 Proteins; D014841:von Willebrand Factor