Female-to-male ratio may be as high as 6:1. The glomus jugulare tumor is the most common paraganglioma of the head and neck followed by carotid body and intravagal paragangliomas. They are ...

A carotid body tumor can occur and are considered a “paraganglioma” since it originates ... tumors are usually diagnosed as an asymptomatic neck mass, however cranial nerve involvement or ...

Localization studies should only follow reasonable clinical evidence of a tumor ... sympathetic paragangliomas, those from parasympathetic tissue (mainly in the head and neck) rarely produce ...

Pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas are rare tumors, but their investigation and ... needed to image the sympathetic chain (for example, neck, chest, abdomen and pelvis). Metaiodobenzylguanidine ...

Patients diagnosed with pheochromocytoma or paraganglioma, tumors that form within certain endocrine tissues, such as the adrenal glands, may have abnormal endocrine activity due to the synthesis ...

3). In interviews with all the subjects particular emphasis was placed upon any history of hemorrhage, presence and duration of neck tumors and syncope (a notable symptom of carotid-body tumors).

The FDA granted priority review for belzutifan for treating advanced pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma, with a PDUFA date set for May 26, 2025.

MEN type 2B is a very rare disorder and can cause medullary thyroid cancer, pheochromocytoma, and lesions on the tongue and lips (mucosal neuromas). Familial paraganglioma-pheochromocytoma syndrome is ...