Retroperitoneal Paraganglioma Mimicking Lymph Node Metastasis in an Endometrial Cancer Patient: Case Report

Paraganglioma is the term used for tumoral development of chromaffin cells which are embrionically derived from neuroectoderm. They are mostly functional when they located abdominally and hypertension, headaches, perspiration and palpitation are the most commonly encountered implications of the disease. We presenting here the first case of an asymptomatic paraganglioma arising in an endometrial cancer patient and mimicking paraaortic lymphatic involvement of advanced stage endometrial cancer.

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