title: [Functioning extra-adrenal paragangliomas].
abstract: The diagnosis of extra-adrenal paraganglioma requires the recognition of catecholamine hypertension and the site of the lesion. I-131-MIBG scintigraphy, CAT scan and angiography may localize primitive and metastatic lesions. Six cases of extra-adrenal paraganglioma (5 abdominal, 1 thoracic) surgically treated with complete resolution of the hypertensive state are presented here.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Chirurgia Generale e Cardiovascolare, Università di Milano.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Bortolani
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Vandone
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pizzocari
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ghilardi
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D010236:Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Paragangliomi extrasurrenalici funzionanti.