title: Paraganglioma with intracranial metastasis: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Paragangliomas are rare neuroendocrine tumors of neural crest origin. They are mostly benign, however; malignant tumors with aggressive behavior and distant metastasis can also occur. Intracranial involvement is extremely rare and has been sporadically reported in the literature. Here we report a case who presented with progressive neurologic deficits due to multiple intracranial lesions found to be metastasis from an occult retroperitoneal malignant paraganglioma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Shuguang Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Peihao
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mahta
authors.forename: Ryan Y
authors.initials: RY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Santosh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kesari
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010235:Paraganglioma / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*