title: Locally advanced paraganglioma of the urinary bladder: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Paraganglioma of the urinary bladder is a rare tumor. Herein we sought to describe a case of locally advanced paraganglioma of the urinary bladder managed by partial cystectomy and extended pelvic lymph node dissection.
  
  
  METHODS
  The case of a 43-year old Haitian male with locally advanced paraganglioma of the urinary bladder is presented in detail. Through surgical extirpation, our patient was rendered disease-free. Eighteen months later the patient is doing well without symptoms but is noted to have subcentimeter bilateral pulmonary nodules and retroperitoneal lymph nodes. No further therapy has been initiated at this time.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients with localized tumors have an extremely favorable prognosis and may be managed by less aggressive modalities, whereas patients with metastatic disease have a significant reduced survival rate despite aggressive treatment.
authors.affiliation: Section of Urologic Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando, Orlando, FL 32806, USA.
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Beilan
authors.forename: Adrienne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lawton
authors.forename: Julio
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hajdenberg
authors.forename: Charles J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Rosser
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010235:Paraganglioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis; D015996:Survival Rate; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery