A Rare Case of Paraganglioma Presenting As Hydatid Cyst
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2017, Vol 16, Issue 9
Abstract
Mediastinal paraganglioma are rare, highly vascularized tumours arising from chromaffin tissue located in the para-aortic ganglia. Tumours tend to invade bordering structures and may also form metastasis. Up to 50% of patients are asymptomatic and diagnosis is incidental. Herein, we discuss a case paraganglioma, A 40 yrs female who presented with chief presentation of right sided chest pain since 1.5 months and breathlessness since 15 days. Earlier she was diagnosed and treated as Hydatid cyst on basis Chest X-ray, other reports were inconclusive. On Examination patient was having tachycardia.Chest X-ray showed well defined round homogenous opacity. Eosinophils Counts were 16 Patient was discharged with appropriate treatment and was followed up. There was no significant improvement on followup. Then USG chest done which was inconclusive. Further CT thorax was done and it’s changed the diagnosis to Posterior Mediastinal Mass i.e, Paraganglioma. Further management was done with supportive team of CTVS surgeons by removal of the mass, along with medical treatment and patient recovered uneventfully and is on regular follow-up.
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Dr. Vaibhav Krishna, Dr. Alok Chandra
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