A case of duodenal gangliocytic paraganglioma with lymph node metastasis

A 28-year-old man complained of tarry stool. A series of examinations showed a submucosal tumor with bleeding at the papilla of Vater and a swollen # 17b lymph node, both of which indicated a hypervascular tumor. The pathological findings of the enucleated tumor specimens revealed gangliocytic paraganglioma with metastasis to the # 17b lymph node. Additional pancreaticoduodenectomy revealed another # 17b lymph node metastasis 7-mm in diameter. Although the majority of gangliocytic paragangliomas are benign, 7% of reported cases have lymph node metastases, as shown in the present case. These findings are important in treating patients with gangliocytic paraganglioma.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2010

Erschienen:

2010

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:107

Enthalten in:

Nihon Shokakibyo Gakkai zasshi = The Japanese journal of gastro-enterology - 107(2010), 4 vom: 20. Apr., Seite 639-48

Sprache:

Japanisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Saito, Junko [VerfasserIn]
Hirata, Nobuto [VerfasserIn]
Furuzono, Mitoshi [VerfasserIn]
Nakaji, So [VerfasserIn]
Inase, Masami [VerfasserIn]
Nagano, Hiroshi [VerfasserIn]
Iwata, Maiko [VerfasserIn]
Tochitani, Shinako [VerfasserIn]
Fukatsu, Kazuhiro [VerfasserIn]
Fujii, Hiroyuki [VerfasserIn]
Ishii, Eiji [VerfasserIn]
Kataoka, Junro [VerfasserIn]
Mikata, Rintaro [VerfasserIn]
Masuya, Yoshio [VerfasserIn]
Ito, Hiroshi [VerfasserIn]
Ohmori, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Wakasugi, Satoshi [VerfasserIn]
Ebara, Masaaki [VerfasserIn]
Hoshi, Kazuei [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Case Reports
English Abstract
Journal Article
Review

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Date Completed 18.05.2010

Date Revised 28.09.2020

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM197225632