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what is a paraganglioma?

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A paraganglioma is : A rare neuroendocrine tumor that may develop at various body sites (including the head, neck, thorax and abdomen). The majority are benign and cured by surgical removal; rarely can be malignant and can spread to other parts of the body.

Question 2

how long does the surgical removal of paraganglioma take?

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Paraganglioma: It really depends on location, do you have more details on the location of the lesion?

Question 3

what can you tell me about the surgical removal of paraganglioma?

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Depends: This will depend on the location of the paraganglioma. Speak to your surgeon about this.

Question 4

what does "fairly prominent nuclear pleomorphism" in a retrocardiac paraganglioma mean?

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Pathology describes: What is seen under the microscope, human cells have nuclei, where the dna is stored on chromosomes, and cytoplasm, where the cellular work is carried out. Tumors may have more or fewer chromosome, tend to actively reproduce and divide , so theirsizes and shape vary. This underlies the characterization of differentiation. More mitoses, varying size conveys "more malignant" behavior theoretically.

Question 5

how paraganglioma develop in early stage of child,if a family have no one of this kind of tumor?

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Dumb luck: Like most other childhood tumors, these strike at random. There is a background rate of genetic mutation and getting one of these is as far as we can tell a random event.

Question 6

how to avoid paraganglioma?  what exactly is it anyway?

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Paraganglioma: Most paragangliomas occur as sporadic tumors, that is, they are not inherited. However, certain hereditary syndromes such as von hippel-lindau syndrome, mutations in the succinate dehydrogenase (sdh) gene, and multiple endocrines neoplasia (men) type 2 can be associated with development of this tumor. In short to your answer, lifestyle changes will not lower the chances of developing these tumors.

Question 7

what is the relation of paraganglioma and pots syndrome?

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Paragangliomas: Some of the paragangliomas are catecholamine producing extra adrenal tumors, which could cause or worsen pots syndrome.

Question 8

i have paraganglioma but have no idea how serious it is. what can i do?

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Paraganglioglioma: Unfortunately, they connect her at multiple locations. It is difficult to make recommendations if we don't have more information. Treatment for most paragangliomas is based on the degree of symptoms.

Question 9

can you please tell me about a paraganglioma surgically removed from their neck?

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Paraganglioma: The majority of paragangliomas are benign tumors. In the neck, the most common one is called a carotid body tumor.  The risk of having these removed has to do with several important nerves and blood vessels that are either involved or in the vicinity of the tumor.

Question 10

can vagal paragangliomas ve detected by ultrasound?

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Perhaps: The vagus nerve carries autonomic information to the heart and bowels.  It travels from the brainstem (cranial nerve 10), along structures in the neck, then along large blood vessels to the organs of the body.  The parasympathetic ganglia can involve vagal nerve fibers at different locations deep in the body.  If there is overgrowth of these ganglia, there can develop a ganglionoma.

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