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INTRAABDOMINAL PARAGANGLIOMA-A RARE CASE REPORT
Mahendra Navare, Vismaya K. B., Samiksha Mahalle*, Rihan Rashid, Viraj Gorhe
ABSTRACT
Paragangliomas are rare, catecholamine (norepinephrine) secreting neuroendocrine tumors. The parasympathetic tumors are usually asymptomatic and inactive, located mostly in the skull base In contrast, sympathetic lesions are highly active and symptomatic and mainly located in the abdomen and pelvic regions. Surgical biopsy of the lesion is the gold standard to confirm the diagnosis, but it does not differentiate between pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas.[1] Clinical correlation is usually enough for the diagnosis aided by imaging and pathology findings of the lesion. We report a case of 36 year old female with an asymptomatic paragaganglioma with unusual imaging biopsy findings.
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