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ACOSTA-RAMON, Valentina; ESTIBALIZ LOPEZ DE GOICOECHA-SAIZ, Maite  y  PARIENTE-RODRIGO, Emilio. A propos of a case of paraganglioma. Rev Cubana Endocrinol [online]. 2016, vol.27, n.2, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-2953.

Paragangliomas are neuroendocrine tumors emerging from the extra-adrenal autonomic paraganglia, which are small organs formed by embryonic neural crest-derived cells with catecholamine-secreting capacity. Paragangliomas are closely linked to pheochromocytomas because they cannot be differentiated at cell level and often share the same clinical manifestations such as hypertension, episodic headache, sweating and tachycardia. The diagnosis of these tumors is important because of risk of becoming malignant, the implications of other related neoplasias and the possibility of making genetic studies to detect other cases in the same family. The objective of this article was to make an abstract about epidemiology, clinical manifestations, diagnostic tests and treatment of these tumors. This is the case of a young Black female who was diagnosed with paraganglioma.

Palabras clave : paraganglioma; pheochromocytoma; neuroendocrine tumors.

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