Extra Adrenal Retroperitoneal Paraganglioma Semantic Scholar

Extra Adrenal Retroperitoneal Paraganglioma Semantic Scholar Extra adrenal paraganglioma should be taken into account in the differential diagnosis of retroperitoneal masses, particularly those adjoining the abdominal aorta. objective to report a case of paraganglioma localized in the organ of zuckerkandl and to discuss its diagnosis, treatment and outcome. methods results a 37 year old female presented with a periumbilical mass and pain that radiated. Because there was rigid adherence between the rp and the abdominal aorta, pancreatoduodenectomy with replacement of the ivc and aorta was performed for complete surgical resection in the present case. we report a case of extra adrenal retroperitoneal paraganglioma (rp) with extensive duodenal invasion and tumor thromboses both in the right testicular vein and in the inferior vena cava (ivc.

Figure 1 From Extra Adrenal Retroperitoneal Paraganglioma Associated A case report of an incidental finding of left retroperitoneal paraganglioma in a young man who presented with right flank pain is described and the importance of diagnosis and the malignant potential of these tumours is emphasized. backgroundextra adrenal paragangliomas of the retroperitonium are infrequently diagnosed. their malignant behaviour cannot be predicted on initial clinical and. Laparoscopic surgery can achieve the same therapeutic effect as open surgery (62) and was even better in a recent retrospective study comparing the efficacy of laparoscopic and open surgery in metastatic ppgl, with a 44.4% cure rate for laparoscopic surgery compared to 29.3% for open surgery (p=0.35) (63). Paragangliomas (also known as extra adrenal pheochromocytomas) are rare tumors that arise from extra adrenal chromaffin cells (1,2). paragangliomas originate from paraganglia at a number of anatomical sites, including the head, neck, thorax and abdomen. retroperitoneal paraganglioma represents between 21.5 and 87% of all paragangliomas (3,4. The number of silent extra adrenal paraganglioma of retroperitoneum was 18 % of all 67 retroperitoneal paraganglioma resected by operation during this period of time in pumch. patients with silent extra adrenal retroperitoneal pgls were older than those of fuctional tumors with more tumor diameters [table 1]. the clinical behavior of extra.