Hypertension secondary to paraganglioma: case report and review of the literature
Iatreia, 2016 We report the case of a 25 year-old man with a history of transient stroke during adolescence, and longstanding uncontrolled hypertension who presented with palpitations, diaphoresis and headache.
Rubio-Marín, Andrea Constanza +3 more
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Clinical and prognostic implications of the genetic diagnosis of hereditary NET syndromes in asymptomatic patients [PDF]
, 2011 Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) can be sporadic or they can arise in complex hereditary syndromes. Patients with hereditary NETs can be identified before the development of tumors by performing genetic screenings.
COLAO, ANNAMARIA +9 more
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An extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma mimicking a primary liver cancer [PDF]
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Chok, KSH, Lo, CM, Loong, F
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Late‐Onset Bone Metastasis 46 Years After Initial Surgery for Pheochromocytoma: A Case Report
IJU Case Reports, Volume 8, Issue 5, Page 533-538, September 2025.ABSTRACT Introduction Pheochromocytoma is a rare catecholamine‐producing tumor with metastatic potential. Recurrence after more than 40 years is exceptionally rare. Case Presentation During evaluation for ischemic colitis, a 71‐year‐old woman was found to have multiple bone metastases, possibly linked to catecholamine excess.
Fumio Ishizaki +9 more
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Extra- Adrenal Silent Retroperitoneal Paraganglioma: Report of a Rare Case [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2014 Extra- adrenal retroperitoneal paragangliomas are extremely rare neuroendocrine neoplasms with an incidence of 2-8 per million. They arise from embryonic neural crest cells and are composed mainly of chromaffin cells located in the para- aortic ...
Hemalatha. A. L +4 more
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Molecular Pathogenesis of Pheochromocytomas and Paragangliomash [PDF]
, 2005 General aspectsParaganglia are small neuroendocrine organs, that usually manifest as anatomically discrete bodies, the parenchymal cells of which are neural crest-derived, and produce catecholamines and various peptides.
Dannenberg, H. (Hilde)
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Tumors in von Hippel–Lindau Syndrome: From Head to Toe—Comprehensive State-of-the-Art Review [PDF]
, 2018 Von Hippel–Lindau syndrome (VHL) is an autosomal-dominant hereditary tumor disease that arises owing to germline mutations in the VHL gene, located on the short arm of chromosome 3.
Bhalla, Sanjeev +6 more
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Metastatic Malignant Phaeochromocytoma in Ascitic Fluid: Cytological Diagnosis of a Rare Entity
Cytopathology, Volume 36, Issue 5, Page 539-543, September 2025.In summary, a review of the literature showed that there are only isolated case reports of ruptured pheochromocytoma and to the best of our knowledge this report is the first to document metastatic phaeochromocytoma in peritoneal fluid within the cytopathology literature.
Scarlet Fiona Brockmoeller +2 more
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Utility of immunohistochemical staining for the diagnosis of Extra-adrenal mediastinal paraganglioma
Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2020 Extra-adrenal, mediastinal paraganglioma are rare tumors that origin from sympathetic ganglia. Common diagnostic steps include CT, MRI and PET-Scan.
Isabella B. Metelmann +3 more
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Post-Transcriptional Dysregulation by miRNAs Is Implicated in the Pathogenesis of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor [GIST] [PDF]
, 2013 peer-reviewedIn contrast to adult mutant gastrointestinal stromal tumors [GISTs], pediatric/wild-type GISTs remain poorly understood overall, given their lack of oncogenic activating tyrosine kinase mutations.
Hans-Ulrich Schildhaus +12 more
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