Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Mumoli, N.
• Cei, M.
• Pauletti, M.
• Ferrito, G.
• Scazzeri, F.

Titel

Bilateral neck paragangliomas

Ist Teil von

• QJM : An International Journal of Medicine, 2009-10, Vol.102 (10), p.733-735

Ort / Verlag

Oxford: Oxford University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2009

Quelle

Oxford Journals 2020 Medicine

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Paragangliomas of the head and neck are rare neoplasms presented as cervical mass, generally bilateral, that arise from chemoreceptors located at the carotid bifurcation (carotid body tumors), along the vagus nerve (vagal paragangliomas), and in the jugular fossa and tympanic cavity (jugulotympanic paragangliomas). They are typically asymptomatic at the beginning, highly vascular, slow-growing and compressing the surrounding anatomic structures. Only radical surgery is the curative treatment for paragangliomas. We present a case of a 62- year-old woman with a diagnosis of bilateral neck paragangliomas where surgical removal was judged burdened by excessive risk because of the size of the tumor