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Catecholamine-producing vagal paraganglioma: a case report

Volume 15 · Issue 4 Publish Date: December 15, 2019
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A.S. De Paepe
Department of Head & Neck Surgery, UZ Gent, Gent, Belgium
J. Verfaillie
Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, AZ Delta, Roeselare Belgium
B. Decallonne
Department of clinical and experimental endocrinology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
F. Duyck
Department of Endocrinology, AZ Delta, Roeselare, Belgium
V. Vander Poorten
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven and Department of Oncology, section Head and Neck Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven Belgium
Paepe, A. D., Verfaillie, J., Decallonne, B., Duyck, F., & Poorten, V. V. (2019). Catecholamine-producing vagal paraganglioma: a case report. B-ENT, 15(4), 379–382. Retrieved from https://www.b-ent.be/index.php/pub/article/view/791
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Abstract

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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Journal B-ENT
Volume / Issue Volume 15 · Issue 4
Pages 379-382
History
Published Online December 15, 2019
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A.S. De Paepe
Department of Head & Neck Surgery, UZ Gent, Gent, Belgium
J. Verfaillie
Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, AZ Delta, Roeselare Belgium
B. Decallonne
Department of clinical and experimental endocrinology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
F. Duyck
Department of Endocrinology, AZ Delta, Roeselare, Belgium
V. Vander Poorten
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven and Department of Oncology, section Head and Neck Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven Belgium
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Paepe, A. D., Verfaillie, J., Decallonne, B., Duyck, F., & Poorten, V. V. (2019). Catecholamine-producing vagal paraganglioma: a case report. B-ENT, 15(4), 379–382. Retrieved from https://www.b-ent.be/index.php/pub/article/view/791
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