title: Primary Pulmonary Paraganglioma: A Case Report and Review of Literature.
abstract: Primary pulmonary paraganglioma is a rare disease. We report a case of a 37-year old female patient with space-occupying lesions in the right lower pulmonary lobe during a routine examination without any symptoms. The patient underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) resection of the right middle lobe and dissection of hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes under general anesthesia. She recovered without recrudescence. Preoperative diagnosis is difficult. Accurate diagnosis requires pathological examination, and immunohistochemical test is particularly important. Complete resection is the first treatment option for solitary primary pulmonary paraganglioma; however, VATS is a better technique. Given the high local control rates and few complications of radiotherapy, it is considered as a standard treatment.
authors.affiliation: From the Oncology Center, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang, China.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Qi-Lian
authors.initials: QL
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Qiu-Long
authors.initials: QL
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Wen-Ting
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Ou
authors.forename: Da-Heng
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Hui-Jie
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Gao-Le
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Yuan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D010235:Paraganglioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted