Fact-sheet: Thoracic paraganglioma - chemodectoma

Updated on 07/01/2020 at 8:48 AM

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Definition

Tumors of the chemoreceptors.
They belong to the so-called non-chromaffin, non-secreting paragangliomas.

Most often asymptomatic

Single, rounded mass, 1 to 5 cm in diameter, growing relatively slowly or stable.

Carcinoid tumor