title: A patient with extra-adrenal retroperitoneal paraganglioma and review of the literature.
abstract: Paragangliomas can arise from virtually any site in the body containing embryonic neural crest tissue. We present a female patient with an extra-adrenal retroperitoneal paraganglioma, and a review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Atatürk University, Medical Faculty, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Alp
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Orbak
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Salman
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ciftçioğlu
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ozkan
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010236:Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery