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Query: UMLS:C0018681 (
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Paragangliomas are extra-adrenal tumors of the autonomic nervous system and may be found within the skull base, neck, chest, and abdomen. When presenting within the abdominal cavity, they may arise as a primary
retroperitoneal neoplasm
and can mimic vascular malformations or other conditions related to specific retroperitoneal organs such as the pancreas, kidneys.
[1]
They synthesize, store, and secrete catecholamines because of which they may present with
headache
, sweating, palpitation, and symptoms of hypertension (functional).
[2]
In the absence of histological diagnosis and symptoms of catecholamine excess (non-functional), these may be mistaken for GISTs.
[3]
We are reporting a case of a 36-year-old female who was clinically diagnosed as GIST, underwent excision, and postoperative histopathological examination was found to be paraganglioma.
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PMID:Non-functional retroperitoneal paraganglioma: A case report. 3114 49
