Case of paraganglioma of the originally numerous location in the 24 year old male
Journal Title: Otolaryngologia Polska - Year 2008, Vol 62, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction. Paragangliomas, in other words chemodectomas were bening tumors arising from the paragangliomas cells of the parasympathetic system. There are four kinds of paragangliomas: carotic artery baroreceptors (glomus caroticum), tympanic cavity (glomus tympanicum), internal jugular vein (glomus jugulare) and placed along vagal nerve (glomus vagale). Overall 5–10% of all paragangliomas are malignant. The bening lorms paragangliomas, of the originally numerous location are rare described. Materiał and methods. The authors describe the rare case of 24 yrs old male, of the bening form paraganglioma of the originally numerous location – glomus tympanicum on the left site, glomus caroticum on the right site. Results. The patient was successfuly treated surgicaly. Conclusions. The fi rst choice of treatment is surgery. The diagnosis of a suspected paraganglioma can be confi rmed with USG, CT, Angio CT, Angiography and MRI. Radiation therapy may be usefull in those cases in which the residual tumor was known to be left.
Authors and Affiliations
Dariusz Jurkiewicz, Kazimierz Niemczyk, Andrzej Wojdas, Ireneusz Kantor, Bernard Jaroń, Jarosław Kosek
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