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Year : 2016 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 378-381 |
Laparoscopic resection of a large paraganglioma arising in the organ of Zuckerkandl: Report of a case and review of the literature
Hrishikesh Salgaonkar1, Ramya Ranjan Behera1, Pradeep Chandra Sharma1, Manoj Chadha2, Avinash N Katara1, Deepraj S Bhandarkar1
1 Department of Minimal Access Surgery, Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India 2 Department of Endocrinology, Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
Deepraj S Bhandarkar Department of Minimal Access Surgery, Room 2013, Hinduja Hospital, Veer Savarkar Road, Mahim, Mumbai - 400 016, Maharashtra India
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DOI: 10.4103/0972-9941.169990
Paragangliomas are catecholamine-secreting neuroendocrine tumours arising from chromaffin tissue at extra-adrenal sites. The commonest site for a paraganglioma is the organ of Zuckerkandl. Traditional treatment of paraganglioma of organ of Zuckerkandl (POZ) involves open surgical resection, and only a few cases of laparoscopic approach to this pathology have been reported. We report the successful laparoscopic resection of a large POZ in a 22-year-old woman and review the previous cases reporting a laparoscopic approach to this rare tumour.
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