title: Primary paraganglioma located between the thyroid gland and the left common carotid artery: A case report.
abstract: Head and neck paraganglioma is a rare and predominantly asymptomatic tumor. In the present study, an extremely rare case of asymptomatic paraganglioma located between the left common carotid artery and the left thyroid is described. The clinical presentation, cytomorphology and the immunohistochemical characteristics for the diagnosis of head and neck paraganglioma are described. To the best of our knowledge, only two cases of paraganglioma located between the left common carotid artery and the left thyroid have previously been reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shaoxing People's Hospital, Shaoxing Hospital of Zhejiang University, Shaoxing, Zhejiang 312000, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Dihua
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Shaoxing People's Hospital, Shaoxing Hospital of Zhejiang University, Shaoxing, Zhejiang 312000, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Liming
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Shaoxing People's Hospital, Shaoxing Hospital of Zhejiang University, Shaoxing, Zhejiang 312000, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Jingqi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Shaoxing People's Hospital, Shaoxing Hospital of Zhejiang University, Shaoxing, Zhejiang 312000, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Aijing
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Shaoxing People's Hospital, Shaoxing Hospital of Zhejiang University, Shaoxing, Zhejiang 312000, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Xu
keywords: diagnosis; head and neck paraganglioma; treatment; unusual location