Revista de informes de casos clínicos

A Patient with Paraganglioma Undergoing Laparoscopic Resection: A Case Report

Abstract

Hisamichi Yoshii, Hideki Izumi, Takuma Tajiri, Masaya Mukai, Eiji Nomura and Hiroyasu Makuuchi

Paraganglioma is a very rare extra adrenal nonepithelial tumor. The number of cases of laparoscopic surgery in Paraganglioma is small and controversial. This study encountered a case of successful transperitoneal laparoscopic surgery for a 56 mm paraganglioma in a 53-year-old female. Moreover, previous reports on laparoscopic surgery for paraganglioma are reviewed.