paraganglioma /para·gan·gli·o·ma/ (-gang″gle-o´mah) a tumor of the tissue composing the paraganglia.
paraganglioma
paraganglioma
nonchromaffin paraganglioma chemodectoma.
par·a·gan·gli·o·ma (p r  -gnggl -  m)n. A tumor usually derived from the chromoceptor or chromaffin tissue of a paraganglion or the medulla of the adrenal gland. |
paraganglioma
[-gang′glē·ō′mə]
a tumor derived from the chromoreceptor tissue of a paraganglion.
paraganglioma
a tumor of the tissue composing the paraganglia.
paraganglioma
Oncology A head & neck neural crest tumor more common in ♀; 2-9% of PGs in carotid body, vagal body and jugulo-tympanic region are malignant; 25% of laryngeal PGs are malignant. See Zellballen.
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