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Case Reports
. 2017 Jan;99(1):e28-e30.
doi: 10.1308/rcsann.2016.0284. Epub 2016 Sep 23.

A case of endobronchial paraganglioma

P Muriana  1 , A Bandiera  1 , P Ciriaco  1 , G Arrigoni  2 , G Negri  1 , P Zannini  1
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A case of endobronchial paraganglioma

P Muriana et al. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2017 Jan.

Abstract

Paragangliomas are rare lung tumours; endobronchial localisation is even more rare. This report describes the case of a 59-year-old patient with a symptomatic endobronchial paraganglioma successfully resected by means of pulmonary lobectomy. Recognition of this uncommon tumour can lead to a correct diagnosis and therapeutic strategy.

Keywords: Endobronchial tumour; Paraganglioma; Surgery.

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Axial chest computed tomography showing 4-cm diameter highly vascularised para-hilar mass of the left superior pulmonary lobe, strictly adjacent to the superior pulmonary vein
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Endoscopic view of the lesion
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Figure 3
Surgical specimen (A: haematoxylin-eosin staining, 200x) composed of two cellular types: chief cells, which have pale eosinophilic or clear cytoplasm with slightly to moderate atypical nuclei and are immunoreactive for synaptophysin (B: 200x) and negative for CKpool (C: 200x); and sustentacular cells, which have spindle-shaped nuclei with scanty cytoplasm and show immunoreactivity only for S100 (D: 400x), surrounding a nest of chief cells
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