Nonfunctioning paraganglioma of the posterior mediastinum: Case Report

Paulo Roberto B. Evora Departments of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Intensive Care, São Francisco Hospital, Ribeirão Prěto, São Paulo, Brazil

Hercules L. Bongiovani Departments of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Intensive Care, São Francisco Hospital, Ribeirão Prěto, São Paulo, Brazil

Ricardo N. Sgarbieri Departments of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Intensive Care, São Francisco Hospital, Ribeirão Prěto, São Paulo, Brazil

Paulo José F. Ribeiro Departments of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Intensive Care, São Francisco Hospital, Ribeirão Prěto, São Paulo, Brazil

Luis Carlos Costa Pereira Departments of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Intensive Care, São Francisco Hospital, Ribeirão Prěto, São Paulo, Brazil

Margarida M. F. S. Moraes Departments of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Intensive Care, São Francisco Hospital, Ribeirão Prěto, São Paulo, Brazil

Celso L. Reis Departments of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Intensive Care, São Francisco Hospital, Ribeirão Prěto, São Paulo, Brazil

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Abstract

A case of nonfunctioning paraganglioma of the posterior mediastinum in a 20-year-old white man is presented. The diagnosis of aorticosympathetic paraganglioma (Glenner-Grimley classification) was established by histologic examination after surgical removal of the tumor.

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