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paraganglioma

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paraganglioma /para·gan·gli·o·ma/ (-gang″gle-o´mah) a tumor of the tissue composing the paraganglia.
nonchromaffin paraganglioma  chemodectoma.

par·a·gan·gli·o·ma (pr-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 [par″ah-gang″gle-o´mah]
a tumor of the tissue composing the paraganglia.

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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Byline: ANI Washington, July 24 (ANI): Scientists from University of Utah have identified a genetic mutation linked to hereditary form of a rare neuroendocrine tumour called paraganglioma (PGL).
A partial cystectomy was performed and the histologic diagnosis was extra-adrenal paraganglioma (pheochromocytoma).
The local distribution of paraganglioma was recently reported as: 47% jugulotympanic, 43% carotid, 10% vagal tumors.
 
 
 
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