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. 2016:2016:8527279.
doi: 10.1155/2016/8527279. Epub 2016 Mar 15.

Cervical Paraganglioma Mimicking Thyroid Nodule: A Rare Clinical Case

Berna İmge Aydoğan  1 , Serpil Dizbay Sak  2 , Sevim Güllü  1
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Cervical Paraganglioma Mimicking Thyroid Nodule: A Rare Clinical Case

Berna İmge Aydoğan et al. Case Rep Endocrinol. 2016.

Abstract

Objective. Paraganglioma is a rare neuroendocrine tumor. When it is located in the neck, it is commonly misdiagnosed as other thyroid neoplasms. Case Report. We report a case of cervical paraganglioma in a 55-year-old female. Patient was admitted to our clinic with goiter and neck pain. Thyroid ultrasonography revealed a 20 mm solitary, heterogeneous nodule located in the upper pole of left thyroid lobe. Fine needle aspiration cytology was nondiagnostic. She underwent left lobectomy and histopathology showed paraganglioma. Discussion. Cervical paragangliomas should be considered in the differential diagnosis of thyroid nodules.

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Tumor cells staining with synaptophysin (a), sustentacular cells staining for S100 (b), and nodule consisting of nests of eosinophilic polygonal cells (hematoxylin and eosin) (c).
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