Mediastinal aortosympathetic paraganglioma: report of two cases.
Thoracic paragangliomas or extra-adrenal pheochromocytomas are uncommon neoplasms that may arise from the extra-adrenal paraganglia. Paragangliomas arising in the anterior mediastinum are most frequent and are related to the base of the heart. Paragangliomas of the posterior mediastinum are most infrequent, and arise from aorticosympathetic paraganglia. We present two cases of posterior mediastinum paraganglioma. Complete tumor resection was done through posterolateral thoracotomy. The diagnosis of aorticosympathectic paraganglioma was established by histologic examination.
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain. Ricardramos@ub.edu
Ricard
R
Ramos
Juan
J
Moya
Rosa
R
Villalonga
Ricard
R
Morera
Gerardo
G
Ferrer
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D010236:Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome