A Chemodectoma of the Vagal Trunk

Colman, J. V. L.; Nield, J. M.

doi:10.1111/j.1445-2197.1965.tb04378.x

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

1965

DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1965.tb04378.x

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A Chemodectoma of the Vagal Trunk

J. V. L. Colman

J. M. Nield

Abstract: Summary 1. One further chemodectoma of the vagal trunk is described. 2. Unusual features as to its level and treatment are brought forward.

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Vagal body tumor (nonchromaffin paraganglioma, chemodectoma, and carotid body-like tumor) with cervical node metastasis and familial association.Ultrastructural study and review

Kahn

1976

Cancer

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A case of a vagal body tumor with a solitary cervical node metastasis is described. There was a remarkable familial association: a biopsy-proven paraganglioma occurred in two members of the patient's family and there was a strong clinical suspicion of a paraganglioma in two others. In a review of the literature, eight patients with metastasizing vagal body tumors and eight patients in whom the vagal body tumor was a component of multicentric presentation of paragangliomas were found. Only one other patient in whom there was a familial occurrence involving a vagal body tumor has been reported. Ultrastructural study of the cervical node metastasis revealed the presence of light and dark chief cells containing scanty, membrane-bound, densecore, neurosecretory-type granules. Atypical granules were noted in a few of the dark cells. Nerve fibers, synaptic vesicles, and sustentacular cells, such as occur in normal paraganglionic tissue, were not observed in this tumor.Cancer 38 : 2367-237 7 , 19 76. INCE THE FIRST DESCRIPTION OF A TUMOR ARIS-S ing from paraganglionic tissue related to the vagus nerve by Stout41 in 1935, 56 more cases have appeared in the literature to date. This paper documents the light microscopic and ultrastructural features of a vagal body tumor (VBT) with a cervical node metastasis. It is only the second electron microscopic study of a V B T and the first of a metastasis from such a tumor. There was evidence of the occurrence of a paraganglioma in a sister, father, paternal aunt, cousin, and possibly in a grandfather. This is only the second recorded instance of familial occurrence of paragangliomas involving a VBT.A review of the literature up to the present time has revealed eight other VBTs with metastases, From the I k p a r t m e n t

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Vagal body tumor (nonchromaffin paraganglioma, chemodectoma, and carotid body-like tumor) with cervical node metastasis and familial association.Ultrastructural study and review

Kahn

1976

Cancer

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A nonfunctioning paraganglioma of vagus nerve:An ultrastructural study

Chaudhry

Haar

Koul

et al. 1979

Cancer

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The clinical, histological, and ultrastructural aspects of a cervical paraganglioma of the vagus nerve, in a 66-year-old white man, have been discussed in detail. Ultrastructurally, the tumor chief cells contained characteristic membrane-bound and dense-cored neurosecretory granules which ranged in size from 85 millimicron to 190 millimicron. Unlike earlier ultrastructural reports, the present study showed the presence of sustentacular or supporting cells. These cells were smaller, darker, polymorphic, and were commonly located at the periphery of a single or group of chief cells. Furthermore, unlike earlier reports on vagal paragangliomas, nonmyelinated nerve fibers and an occasional axon were identified in the present fine structure study.

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Malignant Vagal Paraganglioma: Report of a Case and Review of Literature

Someren

Karcioglu

1977

Am J Clin Pathol

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A case of malignant vagal paraganglioma is presented. The literature on the subject is briefly reviewed. This report brings to 48 the number of vagal paragangliomas now in the medical literature. Eight of these cases are found to be acceptable examples of malignant paraganglioma with evidence of lymph-node or distant metastases, and pertinent findings from these cases are summarized. Salient features of other cases showing extensive local or vascular invasion are also reviewed.

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A Chemodectoma of the Vagal Trunk

Abstract: Summary 1. One further chemodectoma of the vagal trunk is described. 2. Unusual features as to its level and treatment are brought forward.

Cited by 4 publications

References 2 publications

Vagal body tumor (nonchromaffin paraganglioma, chemodectoma, and carotid body-like tumor) with cervical node metastasis and familial association.Ultrastructural study and review

Vagal body tumor (nonchromaffin paraganglioma, chemodectoma, and carotid body-like tumor) with cervical node metastasis and familial association.Ultrastructural study and review

A nonfunctioning paraganglioma of vagus nerve:An ultrastructural study

Malignant Vagal Paraganglioma: Report of a Case and Review of Literature

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