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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 | **Sites relate to locations of paraganglia | ||
*Carotid body tumour = paraganglioma of carotid body - very vascular. Don't stick a needle in it. | ****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. | *Glomus tympanicum tumor = paraganglioma of the middle ear - pulsitile tintinitis and conductive hearing loss. | ||
*Pheochromocytoma - basically a 'paraganglioma' in the adrenal medulla | |||
===Epidemiology=== | ===Epidemiology=== | ||