[Cheek paraganglioma: a rare location].
METHODS
A 29 year-old-woman presented with a massive painless slow-growing tumor of the right cheek, with a benign aspect on clinical examination. The CT scan with injection, showed a solid-cystic mass, well defined, and partially enhanced. The mass was easily removed with a complete endobuccal excision. The histological examination and immunohistochemical study revealed a paraganglioma. There was no postoperative complication. No recurrence was noted after six months of follow-up.


CONCLUSIONS
The paraganglioma is a rare neuroendocrine tumor and its location in the cheek has never been reported.
Eladioui
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Service de stomatologie et de chirurgie maxillofaciale, hôpital 20-Août-1953, CHU Ibn Rochd, 20, rue Lahcen-El-Arjoune, Casablanca, Maroc. ekenza@yahoo.com
Gannoune
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A
Jamaa
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D
Benjelloun
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A
Zemiati
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S
Chekkoury-Idrissi
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A
D000328:Adult; D002610:Cheek / Q000473:pathology*; D002864:Chromogranins / Q000032:analysis; D003287:Contrast Media; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D010235:Paraganglioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D010751:Phosphopyruvate Hydratase / Q000032:analysis; D009418:S100 Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D002864:Chromogranins; D003287:Contrast Media; D009418:S100 Proteins; D010751:Phosphopyruvate Hydratase