Malignant extra-adrenal pelvic paraganglioma in a paediatric patient
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Malignant extra-adrenal pelvic paraganglioma in a paediatric patient
The extra-adrenal paraganglioma is a neoplasm originating in regional structures, uncommon in paediatrics. We report on a case of a 13-year-old patient who began with severe arterial hypertension, tachycardia, dilated cardiomyopathy and elevated levels of catecholamines in the blood and urine. The presence of a retrovesical pelvic mass in contact with the right vaginal dome was determined by im...
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عنوان ژورنال: ecancermedicalscience
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1754-6605
DOI: 10.3332/ecancer.2017.761