title: Functional paraganglioma.
abstract: Paraganglioma are tumours arising from neural crest cells of the sympathetic and parasympathetic paraganglia. Functional paraganglioma presents with symptoms of catecholamine excess that includes hypertension, flushing, diaphoresis, etc. Non-functional paraganglioma are usually found incidentally during imaging studies. Early diagnoses of functional paraganglioma are important because their removal is often curative. We present the case of a young man who presented with hypertensive crisis and severe headache, who was later found to have functional paraganglioma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Gokulakrishnan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Balasubramanian
authors.forename: Vallikantha
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Nellaiappan
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology; D007668:Kidney; D008297:Male; D010235:Paraganglioma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D055815:Young Adult