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Necessity for long-term follow-up of patients with head and neck paraganglioma and mutation in the succinate dehydrogenase genes: an index case report and literature review.
Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists - 1 Jan 2000
Samji Karim B, Crown Anna L, Buxton-Thomas Muriel S, Aylwin Simon J B, Schulte Klaus-Martin H, Dizdarevic Sabina
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To describe a patient with hereditary head and neck paraganglioma (HNPGL) and to review the literature on these rare tumors. METHODS: We review the English-language literature regarding SDH mutations, HNPGL, hereditary paraganglioma-pheochromocytoma syndrome, and the role of functional imaging in the follow-up of these tumors. We also describe the clinical findings, imaging results, and follow-up of a...
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