The presentation and management of multiple paraganglioma in head and neck

Ir J Med Sci. 2011 Sep;180(3):757-60. doi: 10.1007/s11845-009-0338-0. Epub 2009 May 7.

Abstract

Objective: We report the presentation and management of an 18-year-old male, who presented with bilateral carotid body paragangliomas and a unilateral jugular body paraganglioma.

Method: A comprehensive review of the medical literature concerning paragangliomas in the pediatric and adult population is discussed.

Results: Presentations of multiple paragangliomas in an 18-year-old have never been described.

Conclusion: This is the first case of multiple paragangliomas in a 18-year-old male, who was treated with embolisation and surgical resection and remains disease free 2 years from surgery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Carotid Artery, External / diagnostic imaging
  • Carotid Body Tumor / diagnosis*
  • Carotid Body Tumor / surgery*
  • Glomus Jugulare Tumor / diagnosis*
  • Glomus Jugulare Tumor / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / diagnosis*
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / surgery*
  • Temporal Bone / diagnostic imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed