TY - JOUR
T1 - Pancreatic paraganglioma mimicking pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor
AU - Abbasi, Arezou
AU - Wakeman, Kristina M.
AU - Pillarisetty, Venu G.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2020.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Extra-adrenal paragangliomas are rare tumors arising from the chromaffin cells of the autonomic nervous system. Retroperitoneal paragangliomas may present as a pancreatic mass. We present a case of a 61-year-old woman with an incidentally found pancreatic mass (7.2 × 6.5 cm) in the CT scan. EUS- guided FNA result was compatible with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor. Patient underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy and histopathologic assessment revealed the mass was an extra-adrenal paraganglioma. Preoperative diagnosis of pancreatic paragangliomas can be challenging due to imaging and histopathologic similarities with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.
AB - Extra-adrenal paragangliomas are rare tumors arising from the chromaffin cells of the autonomic nervous system. Retroperitoneal paragangliomas may present as a pancreatic mass. We present a case of a 61-year-old woman with an incidentally found pancreatic mass (7.2 × 6.5 cm) in the CT scan. EUS- guided FNA result was compatible with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor. Patient underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy and histopathologic assessment revealed the mass was an extra-adrenal paraganglioma. Preoperative diagnosis of pancreatic paragangliomas can be challenging due to imaging and histopathologic similarities with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.
KW - Pancreatic paraganglioma
KW - pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor
KW - pancreaticoduodenectomy
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U2 - 10.1177/2036361320982799
DO - 10.1177/2036361320982799
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85097938313
SN - 2036-3605
VL - 12
JO - Rare Tumors
JF - Rare Tumors
ER -