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Malignant paraganglioma causing bilateral pleural effusions
R M Clarnette1, E J Bayliss, L Matz
1Royal Perth Hospital, WA.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine
|February 1, 1989
Abstract:
A male patient presented with dyspnea due to a large left pleural effusion, and pleural biopsy revealed a malignant paraganglioma. Raised urinary catecholamine levels confirmed a functioning tumour. Aggressive local spread occurred which did not respond to cytotoxic chemotherapy. The primary site of the tumour was most likely the aorticosympathetic chain.