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Case Reports
. 2019 May;27(3):282-289.
doi: 10.1177/1066896918799940. Epub 2018 Sep 16.

Composite Paraganglioma: Pioneering in the Head and Neck

Santiago Delgado  1 , Stephen M Smith  1 , Saral Mehra  1 , Manju L Prasad  1
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Case Reports

Composite Paraganglioma: Pioneering in the Head and Neck

Santiago Delgado et al. Int J Surg Pathol. 2019 May.

Abstract

Composite paragangliomas are rare with less than 20 cases documented in the abdomen, retroperitoneum, and urinary bladder. In this article, we report the first case of composite paraganglioma in the head and neck presenting as a soft tissue mass in the neck adjacent to the carotid artery in a 50-year-old woman. We discuss the clinicopathologic findings and genetic implications, and we review the literature of this rare entity.

Keywords: SDHA mutation; SDHB mutation; carotid body tumor; composite extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma; composite paraganglioma; neuroendocrine tumor.

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