title: Preaortic paraganglioma mimicking a hypervascular tumor of the pancreas.
abstract: Paragangliomas are rare tumors that arise from neuroepithelial cells. They are most frequently located in the para-aortic region and they may be confused with other retroperitoneal tumors, especially pancreatic tumors. We present a case of a secreting preaortic paraganglioma in a young patient which was mimicking a hypervascular tumor of the pancreas, and that was completely resected 5 years after the failure of a first attempt to remove the tumor.
authors.affiliation: Fédération des Spécialités Digestives, Hopital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mhanna
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pianta
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bernard
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hervieu
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Partensky
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010220:Para-Aortic Bodies; D010235:Paraganglioma / Q000098:blood supply / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed