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Preferred term

Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A relatively rare, usually benign neoplasm originating in the chemoreceptor tissue of the CAROTID BODY; GLOMUS JUGULARE; GLOMUS TYMPANICUM; AORTIC BODIES; and the female genital tract. It consists histologically of rounded or ovoid hyperchromatic cells that tend to be grouped in an alveolus-like pattern within a scant to moderate amount of fibrous stroma and a few large thin-walled vascular channels. (From Stedman, 27th ed)

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Chemodectoma
  • Chemodectomas
  • Paraganglioma, Non-Chromaffin
  • Paraganglioma, Nonchromaffin
  • Paragangliomas, Familial Nonchromaffin, 1

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