title: Nonfunctioning paraganglioma of the posterior mediastinum. Case report.
abstract: A case of nonfunctioning paraganglioma of the posterior mediastinum in a 20-year-old white man is presented. The diagnosis of aorticosympathetic paraganglioma (Glenner-Grimley classification) was established by histologic examination after surgical removal of the tumor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, São Francisco Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Evora
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Bongiovani
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Sgarbieri
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Moraes
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Reis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010236:Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013908:Thoracotomy