A legacy of tinnitus: multiple head and neck paragangliomas.
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Journal Article
Abstract
We describe the case of a patient who presented with a right-sided glomus jugulare tumor and bilateral glomus vagale tumors. These proved to be nonmalignant paragangliomas on histopathological analysis. Genetic analysis revealed a germline heterozygous missense mutation (Pro81Leu) in the succinate dehydrogenase subunit D (SDHD) gene. We discuss the clinical presentations of the familial paraganglioma syndrome type 1, which is caused by mutations in SDHD, and the implications for the clinical diagnosis and care of such patients.
Date Issued
2009-07-09
Date Acceptance
2009-08-10
ISSN
2036-3605
Publisher
PAGEpress
Start Page
88
End Page
89
Journal / Book Title
Rare Tumors
Volume
1
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
© Copyright T.M.M. Tan et al., 2009. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (by-nc 3.0).
Identifier
e29