Resection of a branchiomeric paraganglioma at a rare extrapulmonary location.
Thoracic paragangliomas are a rare cause of hypertension. We report the occurrence of a sporadic benign norepinephrine-producing branchiomeric paraganglioma in a 32-year-old man with paroxysms of hypertension. After localization by iodine 123-metaiodobenzyl-guanidine scintigraphy and magnetic resonance imaging, the paraganglioma was resected successfully below the right pulmonary artery through a right-sided posterolateral thoracotomy. The particular location was consistent with a branchiomeric paraganglioma in an extremely rare extrapulmonary location.
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Department of Medicine II, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany. borika.szukics@med2.med.uni-muenchen.de
Ritter
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Rau
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Engelhardt
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D019797:3-Iodobenzylguanidine; D000328:Adult; D001934:Branchial Region; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000096:biosynthesis; D010235:Paraganglioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals
D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019797:3-Iodobenzylguanidine; D009638:Norepinephrine