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Dec 5, 2023Keywords:
Paraganglioma abdominal pain retroperitoneal lateral aortic case report
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Secreting retroperitoneal latero-aortic paraganglioma revealed by acute abdominal pain: a case report
Abstract
We report the case of a retroperitoneal
paraganglioma in a 35-year-old man discovered by
abdominal pain. The abdomino-pelvic computed
tomography (CT) showed a retro-peritoneal lateroaortic mass compatible with a paraganglioma,
confirmed by the 24-hour urinary metanephrines
and normetanephrines test. After an adequate
pharmacological preparation, we decide to perform
a laparoscopic resection of the paraganglioma. The
surgery went without any complication. Blood
pressure and urinary catecholamines were normal
after the surgery. Our observation presents the
particularity of the mode of discovery which is
atypical, as well as the particularity of the
therapeutic management, which is the laparoscopic
resection of the mass.
