Ahmed Yashfeen, Arif Anum, Manzoor Bhatti Ahsin, Ali Nasir Shahbaz, Nofal Sabih, Hamza Ali, Mughal Usman Jamil
Internal Medicine, Combined Military Hospital Lahore, CMH Lahore Medical College, Lahore, PAK.
Vascular Surgery, Combined Military Hospital Lahore, CMH Lahore Medical College, Lahore, PAK.
Cureus. 2021 Oct 1;13(10):e18423. doi: 10.7759/cureus.18423. eCollection 2021 Oct.
Vagal paraganglioma is a rare finding that develops from paraganglionic tissue found around the vagus nerve; it has a prevalence of 0.012% of all tumors. It is the third most common paraganglioma of the head and neck but still accounts for less than 5% of these tumors, and it has a well-established female prevalence. It is a difficult tumor to identify early based on its symptoms alone and only a thorough investigation can help solidify its diagnosis. In this report, we discuss a presentation of this phenomenon that is not only unique in its manifestation but also a very difficult diagnosis due to its deceptive presentation and multiple extensions. These masses need a good surgical regime to be removed properly and postoperative complications are very frequent in most of these cases.
迷走神经副神经节瘤是一种罕见的肿瘤，由迷走神经周围的副神经节组织发展而来；在所有肿瘤中，其患病率为0.012%。它是头颈部第三常见的副神经节瘤，但仍占这些肿瘤的不到5%，且女性患病率较高。仅根据症状很难早期识别这种肿瘤，只有进行全面检查才能确诊。在本报告中，我们讨论了这一现象的一种表现，其不仅表现独特，而且因其具有迷惑性的表现和多处蔓延而极难诊断。这些肿块需要良好的手术方案才能妥善切除，在大多数此类病例中，术后并发症非常常见。
