Urinary bladder malignant paraganglioma with vertebral metastasis: a case report with literature review / 癌症
Chinese Journal of Cancer
;
(12): 624-628, 2013.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-320584
ABSTRACT
Paraganglioma is a rare neuroendocrine neoplasm observed in patients of all ages, with an estimated incidence of 3/1,000,000 population. It has long been recognized that some cases are familial. The majority of these tumors are benign, and the only absolute criterion for malignancy is the presence of metastases at sites where chromaffin tissue is not usually found. Some tumors show gross local invasion and recurrence, which may indeed kill the patient, but this does not necessarily associate with metastatic potential. Here, we report a case of vertebral metastatic paraganglioma that occurred 19 months after the patient had undergone partial cystectomy for urinary bladder paraganglioma. We believe this to be a rarely reported bone metastasis of paraganglioma arising originally within the urinary bladder. In this report, we also provide a summary of the general characteristics of this disease, together with progress in diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Paraganglioma
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Pathology
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Phosphopyruvate Hydratase
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Prognosis
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Spinal Neoplasms
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General Surgery
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Thoracic Vertebrae
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Urinary Bladder Neoplasms
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Diagnostic Imaging
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Radionuclide Imaging
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Chinese Journal of Cancer
Year:
2013
Type:
Article
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