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| Site      = abdomen (adrenal gland paraganglioma = pheochromocytoma), head and neck (carotid body tumour)
| Site      = abdomen (adrenal gland paraganglioma = pheochromocytoma), head and neck (carotid body tumour)
| Assdx      =
| Assdx      =
| Syndromes  = [[von Hippel Lindau]], hereditary paragangliomatosis, [[neurofibromatosis]] type 1 (von Recklinghausen disease), [[MEN 2A]], [[MEN 2B]], Carney-Stratakis syndrome, [[Carney triad]]  
| Syndromes  = [[von Hippel Lindau]], hereditary paragangliomatosis, [[neurofibromatosis]] type 1 (von Recklinghausen disease), [[MEN 2A]], [[MEN 2B]], [[Carney-Stratakis syndrome]], [[Carney triad]]  
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| Clinicalhx =
| Signs      =
| Signs      =
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*Definition: tumour of paraganglion.  
*Definition: tumour of paraganglion.  
**Can be sympathetic or parasympathetic.
**Can be sympathetic or parasympathetic.
**Locations of paraganglia
***Paravertebral (retroperitoneal)
***Near the large blood vessels of the head and neck and base of skull
***Scattered in other tissues
*Most common paraganglioma = [[pheochromocytoma]].<ref name=Ref_EP_327>{{Ref EP|327}}</ref>
*Most common paraganglioma = [[pheochromocytoma]].<ref name=Ref_EP_327>{{Ref EP|327}}</ref>
**Head & neck most common site - after abdomen.
**Sites relate to locations of paraganglia
*Carotid body tumour = paraganglioma of carotid body.
****Head & neck most common - neck, ear, carotid body, base of skull
****Retroperitoneal/abdomen
****Bladder
 
Special site names
*Carotid body tumour = paraganglioma of carotid body - very vascular - right near a major artery. Don't stick a needle in it.
*Glomus tympanicum tumor = paraganglioma of the middle ear - pulsitile tintinitis and conductive hearing loss.
*Pheochromocytoma - basically a 'paraganglioma' in the adrenal medulla


===Epidemiology===
===Epidemiology===
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*[[MEN 2A]].
*[[MEN 2A]].
*[[MEN 2B]].
*[[MEN 2B]].
*Carney-Stratakis syndrome - [[GIST]]s and paraganglioma.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Blay | first1 = JY. | last2 = Blomqvist | first2 = C. | last3 = Bonvalot | first3 = S. | last4 = Boukovinas | first4 = I. | last5 = Casali | first5 = PG. | last6 = De Alava | first6 = E. | last7 = Dei Tos | first7 = AP. | last8 = Dirksen | first8 = U. | last9 = Duffaud | first9 = F. | title = Gastrointestinal stromal tumors: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up. | journal = Ann Oncol | volume = 23 Suppl 7 | issue =  | pages = vii49-55 | month = Oct | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1093/annonc/mds252 | PMID = 22997454 | url = http://annonc.oxfordjournals.org/content/23/suppl_7/vii49.full }}</ref>
*[[Carney-Stratakis syndrome]] - [[GIST]]s and paraganglioma.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Blay | first1 = JY. | last2 = Blomqvist | first2 = C. | last3 = Bonvalot | first3 = S. | last4 = Boukovinas | first4 = I. | last5 = Casali | first5 = PG. | last6 = De Alava | first6 = E. | last7 = Dei Tos | first7 = AP. | last8 = Dirksen | first8 = U. | last9 = Duffaud | first9 = F. | title = Gastrointestinal stromal tumors: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up. | journal = Ann Oncol | volume = 23 Suppl 7 | issue =  | pages = vii49-55 | month = Oct | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1093/annonc/mds252 | PMID = 22997454 | url = http://annonc.oxfordjournals.org/content/23/suppl_7/vii49.full }}</ref>
*[[Succinate dehydrogenase|SDH]] mutation associated (SDHB, SDHC and SDHD).<ref name=pmid24523625>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Lefebvre | first1 = M. | last2 = Foulkes | first2 = WD. | title = Pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma syndromes: genetics and management update. | journal = Curr Oncol | volume = 21 | issue = 1 | pages = e8-e17 | month = Feb | year = 2014 | doi = 10.3747/co.21.1579 | PMID = 24523625 }}</ref>  
*[[Succinate dehydrogenase|SDH]] mutation associated (SDHB, SDHC and SDHD).<ref name=pmid24523625>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Lefebvre | first1 = M. | last2 = Foulkes | first2 = WD. | title = Pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma syndromes: genetics and management update. | journal = Curr Oncol | volume = 21 | issue = 1 | pages = e8-e17 | month = Feb | year = 2014 | doi = 10.3747/co.21.1579 | PMID = 24523625 }}</ref>  


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*Zellballen - nests of cells - '''key low power feature'''.
*Zellballen - nests of cells - '''key low power feature'''.
**Zellballen is "cell balls" in German.
**Zellballen is "cell balls" in German.
*Fibrovascular septae.
*Fibrovascular septae and sustentacular cells (structural support cell).
*Finely granular cytoplasm (salt-and-pepper nuclei).
*Finely granular cytoplasm (salt-and-pepper nuclei).
*+/-Hemorrhage - very common.
*+/-Hemorrhage - very common.
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Image:Carotid_body_tumour_2_intermed_mag.jpg | Paraganglioma - intermed. mag. (WC)
Image:Carotid_body_tumour_2_intermed_mag.jpg | Paraganglioma - intermed. mag. (WC)
Image:Carotid_body_tumour_2_high_mag.jpg | Paraganglioma - high mag. (WC)
Image:Carotid_body_tumour_2_high_mag.jpg | Paraganglioma - high mag. (WC)
Image:Neck Paraganglioma HP CTR (2).jpg|Neck - Paraganglioma - nice Zeballen (SKB)
Image:Neck Paraganglioma CarotidBody MP PA.JPG|Neck Paraganglioma - Carotid Body Tumor (SKB)
Image:Neck Paraganglioma CarotidBody HP PA.JPG|Neck - Paraganglioma - Carotid Body Tumor (SKB)
</gallery>
</gallery>
Duodenal paraganglioma - uncommon location:
Duodenal paraganglioma - uncommon location:
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Image:Paraganglioma_-_chromo_-_intermed_mag.jpg | Paraganglioma - chromogranin A - intermed. mag. (WC)
Image:Paraganglioma_-_chromo_-_intermed_mag.jpg | Paraganglioma - chromogranin A - intermed. mag. (WC)
Image:Paraganglioma_-_s100_-_very_high_mag.jpg | Paraganglioma - S100 - very high mag. (WC)
Image:Paraganglioma_-_s100_-_very_high_mag.jpg | Paraganglioma - S100 - very high mag. (WC)
</gallery>
Retroperitoneal paraganglioma
<gallery>
Image:Retroperitoneum Paraganglioma 2 MP PA.JPG|Retroperitoneum - Paraganglioma - Prominent vascular component (SKB)
Image:Retroperitoneum Paraganglioma 2 HP PA.JPG|Retroperitoneum - Paraganglioma  (SKB)
Image:Retroperitoneum Paraganglioma HP PA.JPG|Retroperitoneum - Paraganglioma - florid atypia  (SKB)
Image:Retroperitoneum Paraganglioma MP CTR.jpg|Retroperitoneum - Paraganglioma - large nests (SKB)
</gallery>
Ear paraganglioma "Glomus Tympanicum"
<gallery>
Image:Ear Paraganglioma GlomusTympanicumTumor MP PA.JPG|Ear - Paraganglioma - Glomus Tympanicum Tumor (SKB)
Image:Ear Paraganglioma GlomusTympanicumTumor HP 2 PA.JPG|Ear - Paraganglioma - Glomus Tympanicum Tumor  (SKB)
</gallery>
Bladder
<gallery>
Image:Bladder Paraganglioma PA DSCN4717.JPG|Bladder - Paraganglioma - Presented as micturation syncope (SKB)
</gallery>
</gallery>
Other:
Other:
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*Chromogranin +ve.
*Chromogranin +ve.
*Synaptophysin +ve.
*Synaptophysin +ve.
*S100 +ve/-ve.
*S100 +ve/-ve (+ve in sustentacular cells, not tumor cells)
*Cytokeratin -ve.
*Cytokeratin -ve.
*[[EMA]] -ve.
*[[EMA]] -ve.
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Image:
Image:
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case408/images/fig14.jpg Neurosecretory granules (upmc.edu)].<ref name=em_stuff>URL: [http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case408.html http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case408.html]. Accessed on: 16 January 2012.</ref>
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case408/images/fig14.jpg Neurosecretory granules (upmc.edu)].<ref name=em_stuff>URL: [http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case408.html http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case408.html]. Accessed on: 16 January 2012.</ref>
==Sign out==
<pre>
SOFT TISSUE, LEFT/RIGHT CAROTID BODY, EXCISION:
- PARAGANGLIOMA (SIZE IN CM).
- NEGATIVE RESECTION MARGIN.
</pre>


==See also==
==See also==
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