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Case Reports
. 2018 Apr 3;2018(4):rjy047.
doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjy047. eCollection 2018 Apr.

Pulmonary paraganglioma in a 10-year-old: a case report and review of the literature

Tracy R Geoffrion  1 , Linde DeKeyzer  2 , Gopi Shah  3   4 , Suja J Nair  2   4 , Timothy J Pirolli  1   4 , Kemp Kernstine  1
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Pulmonary paraganglioma in a 10-year-old: a case report and review of the literature

Tracy R Geoffrion et al. J Surg Case Rep. .

Abstract

Paraganglioma is a rare extra-adrenal tumor of the paraganglia often found in association with sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves. The case presented is of a 10-year-old boy with hemoptysis who was found to have an obstructive bronchial mass. He underwent surgical resection and biopsy confirmed primary pulmonary paraganglioma. He was subsequently found to have an associated genetic syndrome. This is the first case report describing a primary pulmonary paraganglioma in a child.

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