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Metastatic paraganglioma.
Seminars in oncology - 1 Dec 2010
Fliedner Stephanie M J, Lehnert Hendrik, Pacak Karel
Abstract excerpt
Paragangliomas (PGLs) are chromaffin cell tumors arising from ganglia; when arising in the adrenal gland they are called pheochromocytomas. In recent years the opinion that metastatic disease is rare in PGL had to be revised, particularly in patients presenting with extra-adrenal PGL, with PGLs exceeding 5 cm in diameter, and/or those carrying an SDHB germline mutation. Metastases are expected to be present at...
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