A Unique Case of an Aggressive Gangliocytic Paraganglioma of the Filum Terminale
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A Unique Case of an Aggressive Gangliocytic Paraganglioma of the Filum Terminale
Paragangliomas are rare neuroendocrine tumors that are mostly found in the head and neck. Even less common are gangliocytic variant paragangliomas of the spine for which there are only 7 other documented cases in the literature. We report a case of gangliocytic paraganglioma of the sacral spine in a 68-year-old man. The growth pattern is documented over three years, which to our knowledge has n...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Surgery
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2090-6900,2090-6919
DOI: 10.1155/2016/1232594