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Transcanal endoscopic excision of tympanic paraganglioma: A three-case series
Paragangliomas are rare neuroendocrine tumors that arise in sympathetic and parasympathetic paraganglion system, derived from neural crest cells. Tympanic paraganglioma is a type of head and neck paraganglioma involving the middle ear cleft.
Satish Nair+3 more
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Effectiveness of 18F-FDG PET/CT in finding lung metastasis from a retroperitoneal paraganglioma [PDF]
A 50-year-old woman was diagnosed with iron deficiency anemia on general medical examination. Further, contrast-enhanced abdominal CT and magnetic resonance imaging revealed a large hypervascular mass with internal degeneration and necrosis in the ...
Tomonori Chikasue+11 more
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In Vivo Detection of Succinate by Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy as a Hallmark of SDHx Mutations in Paraganglioma [PDF]
International audiencePurpose: Germline mutations in genes encoding mitochon-drial succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) are found in patients with paragangliomas, pheochromocytomas, gastrointestinal stromal tumors, and renal cancers. SDH inactivation leads to a
Amar, Laurence+20 more
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Antiangiogenic therapies for pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma.
Metastatic pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas are rare, highly vascular tumors that spread primarily to the lymph nodes, skeletal tissue, lungs, and liver. Tumor morbidity is related to their size, location, hormonal activity, vascular nature, and rate
C. Jimenez+2 more
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A 57-year-old woman was admitted with lower abdominal pain and bloody bowel discharge. She was diagnosed with rectal tumor by colonoscopy, and a biopsy was performed. Surgery was performed, resulting in a diagnosis of rectal paraganglioma. Since recurrence was confirmed three years later, reoperation was done, and chemotherapy with cyclophosphamide ...
Koichiro Kusumoto+6 more
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Genetic Testing Referral Rates for Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma in an Academic Tertiary Centre
ABSTRACT Background Clinical guidelines recommend genetic counselling for all patients with pheochromocytoma or paraganglioma (PPGL). Barriers to accessing genetics evaluation are incompletely understood. The objective of this study was to identify individual‐ and provider‐level barriers to genetic testing.
Brian Ruhle+8 more
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Vertigo as the sole complaint of tympanomastoid paraganglioma
Background: Tympanomastoid paragangliomas are usually benign, slowly growing, painless tumors. The common presenting symptoms of this tumor are pulsatile tinnitus and conductive hearing loss.
Xi-Xing Li, Wei-Na Cui, Guo-Dong Gao
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Neurofibromatosis type 1 is a complex, multi-system genetic disorder that is associated with an increased prevalence of pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma compared to the general population, 1.0%–5.7% versus 0.2%–0.6%, respectively.
Joshua M Tate+2 more
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Mutated TP53 is a marker of increased VEGF expression: analysis of 7,525 pan-cancer tissues. [PDF]
Anti-angiogenic therapies are an important class of anti-cancer treatment drugs. However, their efficacy is limited to certain tumors and would benefit from identifying a biomarker predictive of therapeutic response.
Boichard, Amélie+2 more
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Non-functional paraganglioma of the urinary bladder: a case report
Introduction Paragangliomas that originate from the urinary bladder are extremely rare. In most series, bladder paragangliomas often cause micturitional attacks.
Gao Yi+4 more
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