Pancreatic Paraganglioma: a Case Report and Literature Review

Paraganglioma is a rare tumor of paraganglia, derived from neural crest cells in sympathetic or parasympathetic ganglions. It can be widely distributed from the skull base to the bottom of the pelvis. The pancreas, however, is a rare location of this neoplasm, and only a limited number of cases have been reported in the English literature, especially with gadoxetic-acid-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and diffusion-weighted images (DWI). We herein report a case of pathologically proven paraganglioma in the pancreas head with a literature review on endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS), computed tomography (CT), gadoxetic-acid-enhanced MRI, and DWI sequence.

[1]  E. Paal,et al.  Nonepithelial Neoplasms of the Pancreas, Part 2: Malignant Tumors and Tumors of Uncertain Malignant Potential From the Radiologic Pathology Archives. , 2018, Radiographics : a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc.

[2]  V. Mellnick,et al.  Pancreatic Paraganglioma: A Case Report , 2016, Case reports in pancreatic cancer.

[3]  P. Paliogiannis,et al.  Nonfunctional paraganglioma of the head of the pancreas: A rare case report , 2016, International journal of surgery case reports.

[4]  Shengrong Lin,et al.  Primary pancreatic paraganglioma: a case report and literature review , 2015, World Journal of Surgical Oncology.

[5]  Y. Harihara,et al.  Pancreatic paraganglioma with draining vessels. , 2015, World journal of gastroenterology.

[6]  A. Tischler,et al.  15 YEARS OF PARAGANGLIOMA: Pathology of pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma. , 2015, Endocrine-related cancer.

[7]  Song-hua Fang,et al.  Primary pancreatic paraganglioma: a report of two cases and literature review. , 2015, World journal of gastroenterology.

[8]  B. Al-Jiffry,et al.  Malignant extra-adrenal pancreatic paraganglioma: case report and literature review , 2013, BMC Cancer.

[9]  Feng Zhao,et al.  Pancreatic paraganglioma: A case report of CT manifestations and literature review. , 2011, Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery.

[10]  M. Nikfarjam,et al.  Paraganglioma mimicking a pancreatic neoplasm. , 2011, JOP : Journal of the pancreas.

[11]  G. Sangster,et al.  Primary Retroperitoneal Paraganglioma Simulating a Pancreatic Mass: A Case Report and Review of the Literature , 2010, HPB surgery : a world journal of hepatic, pancreatic and biliary surgery.

[12]  S. Park,et al.  A Case of Primary Paraganglioma that Arose in the Pancreas: the Color Doppler Ultrasonography and Dynamic CT Features , 2008, Korean journal of radiology.

[13]  K. Lee,et al.  Extraadrenal paragangliomas of the body: imaging features. , 2006, AJR. American journal of roentgenology.