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A rare and typically benign neoplasm that can be found in the abdomen, thorax, or head and neck region..
In the bulletin for April 24, 1911, of the French Association for the Study of Cancer was presented a paper by Alezais and Peyron on the "Histogenesis of Carotid Paragangliomata." This elaborate histologic study, however, contributes little new or of importance to our knowledge of the nature of carcinoma.
The third type of growth derived from the sympathetic system is the chromaffine tumor, or paraganglioma, as it is often called, because of its origin from the paraganglia.
The exact site of origin is often difficult to determine because paragangliomas can arise from within the canaliculi of the temporal bone, the jugular fossa, and the middle ear cleft, which are in close proximity to each other.
Use paraganglioma when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Paraganglioma means A rare and typically benign neoplasm that can be found in the abdomen, thorax, or head and neck region..
Common synonyms include chemodectoma.
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In the bulletin for April 24, 1911, of the French Association for the Study of Cancer was presented a paper by Alezais and Peyron on the "Histogenesis of Carotid Paragangliomata." This elaborate histologic study, however, contributes little new or of importance to our knowledge of the nature of carcinoma.
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