Tannir N M, Cortas N, Allam C
Cancer. 1983 Sep 1;52(5):932-5. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19830901)52:5<932::aid-cncr2820520532>3.0.co;2-y.
There are few cases of catecholamine-secreting paragangliomas of the neck reported in the literature, most of these being of the carotid body and glomus-jugulare type. This report cites the second case of a functioning vagal body tumor secreting norepinephrine predominantly and producing labile hypertension and symptoms of pheochromocytoma. A brief update on vagal body tumors and a review of the functioning paragangliomas of the head and neck are also presented.
