Delayed Paraganglioma Diagnosis: A Case Report and Literature Update
ISTANBUL MEDICAL JOURNAL, cilt.16, sa.4, ss.162-164, 2015 (ESCI, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 16 Sayı: 4
- Basım Tarihi: 2015
- Doi Numarası: 10.5152/imj.2015.92668
- Dergi Adı: ISTANBUL MEDICAL JOURNAL
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.162-164
- Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Paragangliomas are rare catecholamine secreting neuroendocrine tumors arising from extra-adrenal autonomic ganglia. Almost all sympathetic paragangliomas secrete norepinephrine and present with hypertension, headache, sweating, and tachycardia episodes similar to pheochromocytoma. Parasympathetic paragangliomas of which localized along the glossopharyngeal/vagal nerve through the neck and skull base are usually nonfunctional 80%-90%, and create a clinic with mass effect. Herein, we report a patient who had hypertensive crisis and pulmonary edemas several times, diagnosed as paraganglioma.