Primary Paraganglioma Located Between the Thyroid Gland and the Left Common Carotid Artery: A Case Report

Overview

Journal Oncol Lett

Specialty Oncology

Date 2014 Oct 9

PMID 25295074

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Authors

Dihua Huang

Liming Huang

Jingqi Tian

Aijing Sun

Feng Xu

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Abstract

Head and neck paraganglioma is a rare and predominantly asymptomatic tumor. In the present study, an extremely rare case of asymptomatic paraganglioma located between the left common carotid artery and the left thyroid is described. The clinical presentation, cytomorphology and the immunohistochemical characteristics for the diagnosis of head and neck paraganglioma are described. To the best of our knowledge, only two cases of paraganglioma located between the left common carotid artery and the left thyroid have previously been reported.

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