Paragangliome retroperitoneal: a propos d'un cas

Paraganglioma are rare neoplasms arising from undifferentiated cells of the primitive neural crest. We report a case of a 53 years old patient presented with a large tissular retroperitoneal tumour situated above the left kidney. Serum adrenaline, Nor drenaline and VMA levels were normal surgical complete resection of the tumour was performad without intra-operative incident. The histopathological examination and the immunohistochemical analyses concluded to a non secreting retroperitoneal paraganglioma. Postoperative cours was uneventful