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Superior and Inferior Paraaortic Paraganglioma

MedGen UID:
313741
•Concept ID:
C1710250
•
Neoplastic Process

Definition

An extra-adrenal sympathetic paraganglioma arising from paraganglia located along the aorta, including suprarenal, infrarenal, and renal hilar sites. In functional tumors, the hypersecretion of catecholamines results in hypertension. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVSuperior and Inferior Paraaortic Paraganglioma

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Diagnosis

Retroperitoneal para-aortic paraganglioma.
Kshirsagar AY, Dombale VD, Vinchurkar KM, Pareek VA
Int Surg 2006 Jan-Feb;91(1):33-5. PMID: 16706100
Retroperitoneal para-aortic paraganglioma.
Kshirsagar AY, Dombale VD, Vinchurkar KM, Pareek VA
Int Surg 2005 Jul-Aug;90(3):141-3. PMID: 16466001

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