Pulmonary Paraganglioma Manifesting as an Endobronchial Mass.
- Author:
Ki Nam KIM
1
;
Ki Nam LEE
;
Mee Sook ROH
;
Pil Jo CHOI
;
Doo Kyung YANG
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Lung neoplasms, CT; Paraganglioma
- MeSH: Adult; Bronchial Neoplasms/*radiography/surgery; Bronchoscopy; Contrast Media; Diagnosis, Differential; Female; Humans; Lung Neoplasms/*radiography/surgery; Paraganglioma/*radiography/surgery; Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From:Korean Journal of Radiology 2008;9(1):87-90
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Thoracic paragangliomas comprise only 1-2% of all paragangliomas, including the adrenal pheochromocytomas, and these tumors are mostly found in the mediastinal compartments (1). To the best of our knowledge, there is only one case report in the pathology literature of endobronchial involvement by a primary pulmonary paraganglioma (2). We report here on the CT and bronchoscopic findings of a case of pathologically proven endobronchial paraganglioma in a 37-year-old woman. In our case, bronchoscopy and CT demonstrated an endobronchial hypervascular mass, which indicated the presence of carcinoid or hypervascular metastasis based on the known incidence of such tumors.
