[Epistaxis, hypertension and neck tumor--a rare case of a hormonally active carotid paraganglioma].
We report a 58 year old man suffering from recurrent epistaxis and high blood pressure. After removal of a subcutaneous tumour from the left neck the blood pressure and the pre-operatively elevated urinary excretion of adrenaline returned to normal. Histological examination of the tumour revealed a paraganglioma with immunocytochemical demonstration of serotonin.
D002344:Carotid Body / Q000473:pathology; D002345:Carotid Body Tumor / Q000473:pathology*; D004844:Epistaxis / Q000473:pathology*; D006729:Hormones, Ectopic / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010751:Phosphopyruvate Hydratase / Q000378:metabolism; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism*
D006729:Hormones, Ectopic; D012701:Serotonin; D010751:Phosphopyruvate Hydratase
Nasenbluten, Hypertonus und Halstumor--der seltene Fall eines hormonell aktiven Paraganglioma caroticum.