A functioning catecholamine-secreting vagal body tumor. A case report and review of the literature.
There are few cases of catecholamine-secreting paragangliomas of the neck reported in the literature, most of these being of the carotid body and glomus-jugulare type. This report cites the second case of a functioning vagal body tumor secreting norepinephrine predominantly and producing labile hypertension and symptoms of pheochromocytoma. A brief update on vagal body tumors and a review of the functioning paragangliomas of the head and neck are also presented.
D002395:Catecholamines / Q000378:metabolism*; D003594:Cytoplasmic Granules / Q000473:pathology; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000378:metabolism; D010235:Paraganglioma / Q000378:metabolism*; D009384:Paraneoplastic Endocrine Syndromes / Q000473:pathology*; D014630:Vagus Nerve
D002395:Catecholamines; D009638:Norepinephrine