Catecholamine-secreting paraganglioma of the pterygopalatine fossa: case report.
The third reported case of a pheochromocytoma-like syndrome attributable to a catecholamine-secreting paraganglioma arising within the pterygopalatine fossa is documented. The 25-year-old, female subject was found to have raised levels of urinary catecholamines. At another center, a large vascular tumor was identified at lateral rhinotomy. Biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of paraganglioma. Tumor removal by a Fisch type-C approach to the sphenoid, parasellar region, and pterygopalatine fossa was complete and recovery uneventful.
Department of Otolaryngology, St. Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia.
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Walker
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Fagan
D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000032:analysis* / Q000652:urine; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010236:Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D002395:Catecholamines