Primary paraganglioma located between the thyroid gland and the left common carotid artery: A case report

Huang,Dihua; Huang,Liming; Tian,Jingqi; Sun,Aijing; Xu,Feng

doi:10.3892/ol.2014.2432

Primary paraganglioma located between the thyroid gland and the left common carotid artery: A case report

Authors:
- Dihua Huang
- Liming Huang
- Jingqi Tian
- Aijing Sun
- Feng Xu
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Affiliations: Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shaoxing People's Hospital, Shaoxing Hospital of Zhejiang University, Shaoxing, Zhejiang 312000, P.R. China, Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Shaoxing People's Hospital, Shaoxing Hospital of Zhejiang University, Shaoxing, Zhejiang 312000, P.R. China, Department of Pathology, Shaoxing People's Hospital, Shaoxing Hospital of Zhejiang University, Shaoxing, Zhejiang 312000, P.R. China
Published online on: August 11, 2014 https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2014.2432
Pages: 1925-1928

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Abstract

Head and neck paraganglioma is a rare and predominantly asymptomatic tumor. In the present study, an extremely rare case of asymptomatic paraganglioma located between the left common carotid artery and the left thyroid is described. The clinical presentation, cytomorphology and the immunohistochemical characteristics for the diagnosis of head and neck paraganglioma are described. To the best of our knowledge, only two cases of paraganglioma located between the left common carotid artery and the left thyroid have previously been reported.

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