Paraganglionomas in the neck

Sundaram, Murali; Cope, V. Zachary

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“…However, not all tumours accumulate MIBG and so a negative scan cannot exclude other lesions. Twenty-four hour urinary VMA levels should be measured in all suspected cases of paraganglioma (Chaudry et al, 1979), however, there have been only five reported cases of functional VP in the literature (Levit et al, 1969;Sundaram and Cope, 1976;Bogdasarian and Lotz, 1979;Tannir et al, 1985;Karusseit and Lodder, 1987). Open biopsy of these tumours is no longer recommended.…”

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Malignant vagal paraganglioma

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“…Angiography makes the former hazardous technique of puncture or excision biopsy for histological examination obsolete (2,6,13 -*…”

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“…carotid body (2,3). Some authors consider them to be apudomas (4)(5)(6). They are usually relatively asymptomatic, presenting as a slowly growing tumour in the neck (2,3).…”

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Diagnosis, treatment and operative complications of carotid body tumours

Boer¹,

Terpstra²,

M³

1981

Journal of British Surgery

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A series of 42 patients who were treated in the Surgical Clinic of the University of Leyden on suspicion of a carotid body tumour between 1958 and 1979 is reported. Thirty-four patients in this series were operated upon in the University Hospital Leyden. Only 6 per cent of the tumours were malignant according to the criteria of nuclear polymorphia and metastases. Local infiltration, either histological or clinical, has no correlation with later outcome. In 11 per cent of the patients, vascular complications occurred. The necessity of operative damage to the surrounding cranial nerves increased with the size of the tumour. In one case the cranial nerve lesion was accidental. No per- or postoperative mortality was seen in this series.

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Dopamine-secreting glomus vagale: A case report and histopathologic correlation

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Background Catecholamine secretion by head and neck paragangliomas is uncommon. Dopamine secretion by these tumors has not routinely been assessed. This case report describes a dopamine‐secreting glomus vagale and evaluates seven other paragangliomas immunohistochemically for their ability to synthesize dopamine. Methods Light microscopic and immunohistochemical studies were performed on eight tumors, and biochemical testing for serum/urine catecholamines was performed on two patients. Results One patient (case report) had elevated serum dopamine which corrected following surgery. Five tumors stained strongly positive for the presence of tyrosine hydroxylase, the critical enzyme in the biosynthesis of dopamine. Conclusion This case report describes the ability of a glomus vagale to secrete dopamine. Other paragangliomas express the enzymatic machinery necessary to begin catecholamine synthesis. Now that dopamine is routinely screened during catecholamine determination, other cases may be identified. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Head Neck 20: 753–757, 1998.

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Paraganglionomas in the neck

Cited by 14 publications

References 7 publications

Malignant vagal paraganglioma

Malignant vagal paraganglioma

Diagnosis, treatment and operative complications of carotid body tumours

Dopamine-secreting glomus vagale: A case report and histopathologic correlation

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