[Retroperitoneal paraganglioma. Differential diagnosis with hypernephroma].
Paraganglioma are tumours that show embryological origin from the neural crest, and which derive from the paraganglia. They can be found in any location throughout the aorta and/or in association to the sympathetic chain. They can be either functioning or non-functioning based on hormone production. The authors present here a non-functioning retroperitoneal paraganglioma as an incidental finding in a 72-year old female patient. Pre-operative diagnosis was cystic hypernephroma, for which radical nephrectomy was performed. The extra-renal origin of the tumour was found subsequently on examining the piece. A discussion is included on the diagnosis, treatment, prognosis as well as a review of the literature.
Da Silva
E A
EA
Servicio de Urología, Policlínico de Vigo, Povisa.
Ortíz Rey
J A
JA
Pereiro Alvarez
B
B
Ferreira Chagas
C
C
Guzmán Esquivel
J
J
Pesqueira Santiago
D
D
Pereiro Alvarez
M
M
Zungri Telo
E
E
D000368:Aged; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010236:Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*
Paraganglioma retroperitoneal. Diagnóstico diferencial con hipernefroma.