Malignant carotid paraganglioma: a case report.

Autor: Rubio Maicas C; Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valencia, España. Electronic address: ceciliarubiomaicas@hotmail.com., Dualde Beltrán D; Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valencia, España., Ferrández Izquierdo A; Servicio de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valencia, España., Nersesyan N; Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valencia, España.
Jazyk: English; Spanish; Castilian
Zdroj: Radiologia [Radiologia (Engl Ed)] 2019 Mar - Apr; Vol. 61 (2), pp. 171-176. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Nov 02.
DOI: 10.1016/j.rx.2018.09.002
Abstrakt: Tumors of the carotid body are uncommon neoplasms that originate in the neuroectoderm. These tumors are slow growing but well vascularized and very destructive. Between 5% and 13% of carotid body tumors are malignant, behaving aggressively at the local level, invading the adjacent lymph nodes, and resulting in remote metastases. We present the case of a 60-year-old man who was examined for pain and paresthesias in his arm. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a large tumor in the left carotid space. Histologic study of a biopsy specimen from the tumor revealed that it was a paraganglioma. Further studies to determine the extent of disease detected metastases in bone and lung, confirming the tumor's malignancy.
(Copyright © 2018 SERAM. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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