B-ENT
Catecholamine-producing vagal paraganglioma: a case report

Catecholamine-producing vagal paraganglioma: a case report

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Department of Head & Neck Surgery, UZ Gent, Gent, Belgium

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Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, AZ Delta, Roeselare Belgium

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Department of clinical and experimental endocrinology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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Department of Endocrinology, AZ Delta, Roeselare, Belgium

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Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven and Department of Oncology, section Head and Neck Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven Belgium

B-ENT 2019; 15: 379-382
Read: 954 Downloads: 593 Published: 28 January 2020

Here we report the case of a 50-year-old male patient who presented at our ENT department with a mass on the left side of his neck. Clinical examination revealed a voluminous mass in neck region II. MRI showed that this mass was a hypervascular glomus vagal tumour on the left side at the naso-oropharyngeal level. Endocrinological evaluation revealed high normetanephrine levels. Total resection was performed after preoperative drug administration to reduce perioperative and postoperative morbidity.

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