title: Resection of a branchiomeric paraganglioma at a rare extrapulmonary location.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine II, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany. borika.szukics@med2.med.uni-muenchen.de
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Szukics
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Ritter
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Rau
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Engelhardt
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019797:3-Iodobenzylguanidine; D009638:Norepinephrine