Paragangliomas of the head and neck are rare especially in larynx. A 36 year old female patient presented with a history progressive voice change difficulty swallowing for 6 months. During endoscopic examinationsmooth surfaced mass on Left supraglottic region, was noted. Tumour excised through transcervical excision. Histology immunohistochemistry tumour revealed that, it paraganglioma.

H ereditary paraganglioma (PGL) is characterised by slow growing, vascular tumours that can develop in any component of the paraganglia, a neuro-ectodermal system that is distributed from the skull base to the pelvic floor. Common tumour sites include the carotid body in the head and neck and adrenal and extra-adrenal paraganglia in the abdomen. Heterozygous germline inactivating mutations in S...

BACKGROUND Phaeochromocytomas and paragangliomas are neuro-endocrine tumours that occur sporadically and in several hereditary tumour syndromes, including the phaeochromocytoma-paraganglioma syndrome. This syndrome is caused by germline mutations in succinate dehydrogenase B (SDHB), C (SDHC), or D (SDHD) genes. Clinically, the phaeochromocytoma-paraganglioma syndrome is often unrecognised, alth...