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Functional paraganglioma. BMJ Case Rep 2014 Feb 20;2014

Date

02/22/2014

Pubmed ID

24557481

Pubmed Central ID

PMC3931965

DOI

10.1136/bcr-2013-203425

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-84897135685 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   7 Citations

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.

Author List

Balasubramanian G, Nellaiappan V

Author

Gokulakrishnan Balasubramanian MD Associate Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin




MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Abdominal Neoplasms
Headache
Humans
Hypertension
Kidney
Male
Paraganglioma
Young Adult