Paraganglioma and adrenal pheochromocytoma presenting simultaneously in an elderly female. Case report and review of the literature.
Paragangliomas are chromaffin tissue tumors arising in an extra-adrenal location. It is quite rare to find a paraganglioma concurrently with a pheochromocytoma. We report a patient who underwent resection of a retroperitoneal mass that was characterized pathologically as a malignant paraganglioma. An incidental finding was a microscopic pheochromocytoma in the ipsilateral adrenal gland.
Department of Surgery, Lincoln County Memorial Hospital, Troy, MO, USA.
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D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010235:Paraganglioma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis*