Year: 1994 Vol. 60 Ed. 1 - (16º)
Relato de Casos
Pages: 73 to 76
Nasal Paraganglioma - A case report and literature review
Author(s):
José Antonio Pinto*,
Alexandre Felippu*,
Luciana Lagatta Benatti*,
Maria Regina Vianna**.
Keywords: Paraganglioma, glomus, chemodectoma, nasal tumor
Abstract:
The extra-adrenal paraganglia constitute a multicentric organ system distribuídd in various parts of the body.
Neoplasm ( Paragangliomas) arisingfrom paraganglia are most common in thehead an neck region, mainly in the carotid body the jugular bulb, the middle ear ( glomus timpanicum) and vagus nerve ( glomus vagale).
Paraganglioma of the nasal cavity are Tare.
The autores present the tenth case of benigo nasal paraganglioma, discuss the literature and the details of this case.
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