Primary Pulmonary Paraganglioma: Case Report and Literature Review

Silva, Rodrigo Afonso da; Gross, Jefferson Luiz; Haddad, Fábio J.; Toledo, Cíntia A. B.; Younes, Riad Naim

doi:10.1590/s1807-59322006000100015

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“…Paragangliomas have been described at different sites: abdomen, pelvis, head, neck and thorax (1)(2)(3)(4).…”

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Pulmonary and mediastinal paragangliomas: rare endothoracic malignancies with challenging diagnosis and treatment

Palma¹,

Lorusso²,

Gennaro³

et al. 2018

J. Thorac. Dis

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Background: Pulmonary and mediastinal paragangliomas are rare tumors that may have neuroendocrine activity or be non-functional, incidental, in asymptomatic patients, or causing mass effect symptoms. Although being low-grade tumors, they can display an aggressive behaviour, developing local infiltration and distant metastases. We report our experience with three endothoracic paragangliomas and a Literature review, to point out diagnostic difficulties and problems related to surgical treatment. Methods: From 2009 to 2017, we treated 3 patients with histological diagnosis of paraganglioma: 2 pulmonary, 1 mediastinal. No one presented catecholamine-secreting syndromes; pulmonary cases were asymptomatic, while the mediastinal one had aspecific cough and dyspnea. Imaging diagnosis was based on chest computerized tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan. No patient had preoperative histological diagnosis. Intraoperative pathological examination was suggestive for malignancy: in pulmonary cases, wedge resection and lobectomy were performed; the middle mediastinal mass was completely removed after challenging dissection, isolation and section of numerous vascular pedicles. Results: Postoperative course was uneventful in all cases. No patient received adjuvant treatments. At a median follow-up of 47 months (range, 6-102 months), two patients are alive, without local or distant recurrence; one patient died 6 months after surgery, due to disease progression. Conclusions: Endothoracic paragangliomas, rare and often asymptomatic tumors, are of difficult diagnosis and should be considered malignant tumors, due to the potential aggressive behaviour of cases with high mitotic index and the frequent possibility of recurrence and metastases. Surgical resection is the treatment of choice and careful intraoperative manipulation is recommended, due to the high vascularity of these tumors, to prevent complications. After complete excision, long-term prognosis is generally good. However, even after surgical removal, a close, periodical and lifelong follow-up is mandatory.

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“…Paragangliomas have been described at different sites: abdomen, pelvis, head, neck and thorax (1)(2)(3)(4).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Endothoracic paragangliomas can arise in the lung (2,3,5) and in the mediastinum (originating from para-aortic and para-vertebral sympathetic chain ganglia) (1,6,7).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%