Pulmonary paraganglioma manifesting as an endobronchial mass.
Thoracic paragangliomas comprise only 1-2% of all paragangliomas, including the adrenal pheochromocytomas, and these tumors are mostly found in the mediastinal compartments (1). To the best of our knowledge, there is only one case report in the pathology literature of endobronchial involvement by a primary pulmonary paraganglioma (2). We report here on the CT and bronchoscopic findings of a case of pathologically proven endobronchial paraganglioma in a 37-year-old woman. In our case, bronchoscopy and CT demonstrated an endobronchial hypervascular mass, which indicated the presence of carcinoid or hypervascular metastasis based on the known incidence of such tumors.
Kim
Ki Nam
KN
Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Dong-A University, Seo-Gu, Pusan, Korea.
Lee
Ki Nam
KN
Roh
Mee Sook
MS
Choi
Pil Jo
PJ
Yang
Doo Kyung
DK
D000328:Adult; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D010235:Paraganglioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D003287:Contrast Media