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When Thoracic Trauma Does More Good Than Harm: About an Incidental Finding of a Gangliocytic Paraganglioma of the Ampulla of Vater

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Journal Clin Case Rep
Date 2024 Nov 28
PMID 39605851
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Abstract

Gangliocytic paragangliomas are benign neuro-endocrine tumors of the ampulla of Vater. Their preoperative diagnosis is hampered by the low yield of biopsies and non-specific imaging. Their management relies then on resection. But the type of resection is controversial. Radical resection is indicated in case of lymph node involvement.

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