title: [Malignant paraganglioma].
abstract: A case of malignant paraganglioma of the right carotid bifurcation with metastases in the vertebral bodies in a 63-year-old man is reported. The criteria for malignancy in paragangliomas are discussed and special attention is paid to the difficult morphological differential diagnosis of these tumors and their metastases as illustrated by the present case.
mesh_terms: D002344:Carotid Body / Q000473:pathology; D002345:Carotid Body Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D013131:Spine / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Zur Problematik des malignen Paraganglioms.