Nonfunctional retroperitoneal paraganglioma presenting as acute upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage.
Paragangliomas are very rare tumors arising from extraadrenal chromaffin cells. Clinical presentation of benign retroperitoneal nonfunctional paraganglioma is unspecific. Symptoms may occur when tumor attains a remarkable size or when complications arise. This article reports a case of nonfunctional retroperitoneal paraganglioma as a cause of acute upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage which represents the unusual urgent clinical manifestation of these tumors. The presented case emphasizes the necessity to include extraadrenal paraganglioma in the differential diagnosis in all patients with retroperitoneal mass found even in the presence of at first appearance non-related emergency condition like acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
Brankovic
Branko
B
Surgery clinic, Department of Colorectal Surgery, University Clinical Center, Bul. Dr Z.Djindjic 48, Nish, Serbia.
Radisavljevic
Mirjana
M
Radojkovic
Milan
M
Stanojevic
Goran
G
Stojanovic
Miroslav
M
Nagorni
Aleksandar
A
Radojkovic
Danijela
D
Jeremic
Ljiljana
L
Nestorovic
Milica
M
Karamarkovic
Aleksandar
A
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D010235:Paraganglioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery