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Preaortic paraganglioma mimicking a hypervascular tumor of the pancreas
T Mhanna1, E Pianta, P Bernard
1Fédération des Spécialités Digestives, Hopital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France.
Hepato-Gastroenterology
|July 9, 2004
Abstract:
Paragangliomas are rare tumors that arise from neuroepithelial cells. They are most frequently located in the para-aortic region and they may be confused with other retroperitoneal tumors, especially pancreatic tumors. We present a case of a secreting preaortic paraganglioma in a young patient which was mimicking a hypervascular tumor of the pancreas, and that was completely resected 5 years after the failure of a first attempt to remove the tumor.
