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Parasympathetic Paraganglioma

Known as: Parasympathetic Extra-Adrenal Paraganglioma, Parasympathetic Paraganglionic Neoplasm 
A benign or malignant, usually non-functioning, extra-adrenal paraganglioma that arises from paraganglia located along the parasympathetic nerves… (More)
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2001-2013
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Adrenal GlandsAutonomic nervous systemChromaffin CellsEndocrine system
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Parasympathetic Paraganglioma
Adrenal Glands
Neoplastic Cell
Epithelial Cells
Peripheral Nerves
Autonomic nervous system

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2013
2013
High prevalence of occult paragangliomas in asymptomatic carriers of SDHD and SDHB gene mutations
Hereditary paraganglioma is a benign tumor syndrome with an age-dependent penetrance. Carriers of germline mutations in the SDHB… (More)
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2011
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2011
Functional consequences of succinate dehydrogenase mutations.
UNLABELLED To explore the genotype-phenotype correlation among the different forms of hereditary paraganglioma. METHODS We… (More)
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2010
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2010
Genetics of pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas.
Pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma are tumors of the sympathetic or parasympathetic paraganglia. Pheochromocytoma is the tumor of… (More)
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2009
2009
Parasympathetic paragangliomas are part of the Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome.
CONTEXT Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease, caused by germline mutations in the VHL gene, is a hereditary tumor syndrome manifested… (More)
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2004
2004
[Histological variants of parasympathetic paragangliomas (chemodectomas) of the neck and morphological variants of their malignancy].
Histotopograms of 28 chemodectomas have been studied. Principal microscopic features of malignancy are as follows: structural… (More)
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2004
2004
[Electron-radioautographic study of parasympathetic paragangliomas (chemodectomas) of the neck].
Chemodectomas, after the surgery, were studied in 7 patients. Morphologically their malignancy is proven on the basis of… (More)
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2003
2003
p53 Alterations and Their Relationship to SDHD Mutations in Parasympathetic Paragangliomas
Experimental and observational evidence suggests that chronic hypoxic stimulation can induce parasympathetic paraganglioma. This… (More)
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2002
2002
Frequent germ-line succinate dehydrogenase subunit D gene mutations in patients with apparently sporadic parasympathetic paraganglioma.
PURPOSE Recently, familial paraganglioma (PGL) was shown to be caused bymutations in the gene encoding succinate dehydrogenase… (More)
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2001
2001
Differential loss of chromosome 11q in familial and sporadic parasympathetic paragangliomas detected by comparative genomic hybridization.
Parasympathetic paragangliomas (PGLs) represent neuroendocrine tumors arising from chief cells in branchiomeric and intravagal… (More)
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