title: Paraganglioma of the cervical sympathetic trunk.
abstract: We report the case of a 17-year-old man who presented with left-sided Horner's syndrome. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a spindle-shaped cervical tumor in the left paravertebral space. During operation, a tumor originating from the left sympathetic trunk was found. The histopathologic analysis showed a sympathetic paraganglioma. The sympathetic trunk is an extremely rare location for a cervical paraganglioma; only a few cases have been reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Manfred T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Birchler
authors.forename: Klara
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Landau
authors.forename: Philip T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Went
authors.forename: Sandro J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Stoeckli
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000320:Adrenergic Fibers; D015875:Anisocoria / Q000209:etiology; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000209:etiology; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000652:urine; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery / Q000652:urine; D006732:Horner Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008694:Methamphetamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000379:methods; D010235:Paraganglioma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery / Q000652:urine; D013566:Sympathomimetics; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D002395:Catecholamines; D013566:Sympathomimetics; D008694:Methamphetamine; C005877:pholedrine