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Skull Base 2010; 20(6): 491-496
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1266761
CASE REPORT

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Functional Vagal Paraganglioma: A Case Report Illustrating Diagnosis and Management

Heidi Hornbeek1 , N. Gopalakrishna Iyer1 , Diane L. Carlson2 , Hilda E. Stambuk3 , Mabel Ryder4 , Ian Ganly1
  • 1Department of Surgery, Head and Neck Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
  • 2Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
  • 3Department of Neuroradiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
  • 4Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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Publication Date:
30 September 2010 (online)

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ABSTRACT

We report a case of functional vagal paraganglioma to illustrate the biochemical and radiological imaging tests important in diagnosis and to highlight the importance of a multidisciplinary team approach to manage the preoperative, perioperative, and postoperative effects of catecholamine secretion from these tumors.

KEYWORDS

Paraganglioma - carotid body tumor - pheochromocytoma - glomas vagale

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Ian GanlyM.D. Ph.D. F.R.C.S. 

Head and Neck Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021

Email: ganlyi@mskcc.org