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Pediatric paraganglioma: an early manifestation of an adult disease secondary to germline mutations.
Pediatric blood & cancer - 1 Nov 2006
Mora Jaume, Cascón Alberto, Robledo Mercedes, Catala Albert
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Paraganglioma (PGL) and phaeochromocytoma (PCC) are chemotherapy and radiation-resistant neuroendocrine tumors that arise from sympathetic tissue, and rarely occur in children. PCC may be associated with predisposing (germline) conditions like the multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN2; OMIM 164761), von Hippel-Lindau syndrome (VHL; OMIM 193300), and rarely neurofibromatosis type 1 syndrome (NF1;...
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