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Familial multicentric paragangliomas in a child

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Dov Ophir
Dov Ophir*
Affiliation:
Kfar-Saba, Israel
*
Dr D. Ophir, Department of Otolaryngology, Meir Hospital, Kfar Saba 44281, Israel.
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Abstract

A 12-year-old girl presented with bilateral carotid-body paragangliomas and a unilateral jugular paraganglioma. The tumours were surgically removed. This is a rare combination of tumours in any patient and previously unreported in a child of this age. Her father died of a cerebellar astrocytoma and her mother underwent surgical removal of a large mediastinal paraganglioma. The association of astrocytoma with familial paragangliomas has never been documented. The literature on the epidemiology and inheritance pattern of familial paragangliomas is reviewed. The need for thorough pre-operative evaluation of the patient and close follow-up of family members is stressed.

Keywords

Paraganglioma
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 105 , Issue 5 , May 1991 , pp. 376 - 380
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1991

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