Abstract
Primary pulmonary paraganglioma is an uncommon neuroendocrine tumor of the lung, mostly discovered accidentally. We present the case of an 18-year-old female patient with multiple pulmonary nodules discovered accidentally during investigations of another presentation. This case report describes a low-grade, malignant primary pulmonary paraganglioma that presented specific characteristics upon computed tomography imaging. Egypt J Broncho 2014 8:64–65
Highlights
Primary pulmonary paraganglioma is an uncommon neuroendocrine tumor of the lung, mostly discovered accidentally.Case presentation We present the case of an 18-year-old female patient with multiple pulmonary nodules discovered accidentally during investigations of another presentation
Comment Paragangliomas are rare neuroendocrine tumors that arise from the extra-adrenal autonomic paraganglia, small organs consisting mainly of neuroendocrine cells that are derived from the embryonic neural crest and have the ability to secrete catecholamine [1]
Differential diagnoses of this case include neuroendocrine tumors (Table 1) with immunohistochemical differentiation (Table 2). This case report describes a low-grade, malignant primary pulmonary paraganglioma (PPP) that presented specific characteristics upon Computed tomography (CT) imaging. This case is helpful in understanding the defining morphological features of PPP evident on CT imaging that may help in the differential diagnosis of lung tumors
Summary
Primary pulmonary paraganglioma is an uncommon neuroendocrine tumor of the lung, mostly discovered accidentally. Case presentation We present the case of an 18-year-old female patient with multiple pulmonary nodules discovered accidentally during investigations of another presentation
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