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'''Paraganglioma''' is a rare tumour.
'''Paraganglioma''' is a rare tumour arising from the paraganglion.


==General==
==General==
*Def'n: tumour of paraganglion (can be sympathetic or parasympathetic).
*Definition: tumour of paraganglion.
**Most common paraganglioma - pheochromocytoma<ref>EP P.327.</ref>
**Can be sympathetic or parasympathetic.
*Head & neck most common site - after abdomen.
*Most common paraganglioma = pheochromocytoma.<ref name=Ref_EP_327>{{Ref EP|327}}</ref>
**Carotid body tumour.
**Head & neck most common site - after abdomen.
*Carotid body tumour = paraganglioma of carotid body.


==Epidemiology==
==Epidemiology==
*Very rare
*Very rare
*Rarely malignant
*Rarely malignant
*Familial syndromes assoc. with paragangliomas.<ref>EP. P.328.</ref>
*Familial syndromes assoc. with paragangliomas.<ref name=Ref_EP328>{{Ref EP|328}}</ref>
**[[von Hippel Lindau]].
**[[von Hippel Lindau]].
**Hereditary paragangliomatosis.
**Hereditary paragangliomatosis.
**Neurofibromatosis type 1 (von Recklinghausen disease).
**[[Neurofibromatosis]] type 1 (von Recklinghausen disease).
**MEN 2A.
**[[MEN 2A]].
**MEN 2B.
**[[MEN 2B]].


==Clinical==
==Clinical==
*10% bilateral, multiple, familial, pediatric and malignant<ref>EP P.327.</ref>
*10% bilateral, multiple, familial, pediatric and malignant.<ref name=Ref_EP327>{{Ref EP|327}}</ref>


==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
Features:<ref>EP PP.329-332.</ref>
Features:<ref>{{Ref EP|329-332}}</ref>
*Resembles pheochromocytoma
*Resembles pheochromocytoma
**Zellballen (literally: "cell balls") - nests of cells.
**Zellballen (literally: "cell balls") - nests of cells.
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==IHC==
==IHC==
Features:<ref>EP P.335.</ref>
Features:<ref>{{Ref EP|335}}</ref>
*Chromogranin +ve.
*Chromogranin +ve.
*Synaptophysin +ve.
*Synaptophysin +ve.
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==See also==
==See also==
*[[Adrenal gland]].
*[[Adrenal gland]].
*[[Head and neck pathology]].


==References==
==References==
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