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Multiple malignant paragangliomas. A case report.

D Pantanowitz·P Sareli
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The extra-adrenal paraganglia may be divided into branchiomeric (parasympathetic) and paraxial or para-aortic (sympathetic) networks. A patient is described with two synchronous branchiomeric paragangliomas--a carotid body tumour (glossopharyngeal) and a cardiac chemodectoma (vagus). Both tumours were locally invasive and therefore, by definition, malignant.

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Carotid Body TumorHeart NeoplasmsHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasms, Multiple PrimaryParagangliomaParaganglioma, Extra-AdrenalCase ReportsJournal Article

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D Pantanowitz, P Sareli. 1989-10-21. Multiple malignant paragangliomas. A case report.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2552595/

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