Non-functioning Aortocaval Paraganglioma Masquerading as Celiac Lymphnodal Metastasis

Non-functioning Aortocaval Paraganglioma Masquerading as Celiac Lymphnodal Metastasis.

An extra-adrenal paraganglioma is a rare tumour derived from chromaffin cells of sympathetic ganglia. This report documents a rare case of a non-functional aortocaval paraganglioma in a 24-year-old woman with persistent abdominal pain. Computed tomography revealed a solid mass, measuring 2.5x3cms, localized between the celiac trunk and superior mesenteric artery in aortocaval location along wit...

Retroperitoneal non-functioning paraganglioma: A case report

Paraganglioma with acute hyperamylasaemia masquerading as acute pancreatitis.

Phaeochromocytomas are rare catecholamine-producing tumours. Although classically described to present with headache, diaphoresis and palpitations, they also present in unusual ways; hyperamylasaemia is one such rare presentation. We describe a man with an extra-adrenal phaeochromocytoma (paraganglioma) presenting with diaphoresis, abdominal pain and multi-organ failure. He had hyperamylasaemia...

Ciliary body metastasis masquerading as scleritis.

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Pinworm infection masquerading as colorectal liver metastasis

Enterobius vermicularis is responsible for a variety of diseases but rarely affects the liver. Accurate characterisation of suspected liver metastases is essential to avoid unnecessary surgery. In the presented case, following a diagnosis of rectal cancer, a solitary liver nodule was diagnosed as a liver metastasis due to typical radiological features and subsequently resected. At pathological ...