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ArticleCureus2021

A Paraganglioma in the Right Supraclavicular Fossa: Mistaken for a Thyroid Mass.

Elias Nikolopoulos, Katherine Ploumidou, Antigoni Sourla, Christos Kittas

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Article in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Elias NikolopoulosDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Omilos Iatrikou Athinon, Athens, GRC.
Katherine PloumidouDepartment of Otolaryngology, Children's Hospital Aglaia Kiriakou, Athens, GRC.
Antigoni SourlaDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Bioiatriki Laboratories, Athens, GRC.
Christos KittasDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Ethnikon Kai Kapodistriakon Panepistimio Athinon, Athens, GRC.
Bio-Rad (United States) · USAcademy of Athens · GRPanagiotis & Aglaia Kyriakou Children's Hospital · GR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Paragangliomas are rare lesions of the endocrine system that can be treated either by embolization preoperatively followed by surgical excision or by surgical excision or radiotherapy. In this report, we present an extremely rare location of a nonfunctional paraganglioma in the head and neck region, located in the right supraclavicular fossa, which was misdiagnosed as a thyroid tumor, in a 72-year-old female patient. Imaging revealed a 2.5 × 4.5 × 2 cm well-defined vascularized mass. Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) on the tumor was not diagnostic initially; however, a third attempt revealed thyroid cells suggesting the existence of an ectopic thyroid tumor. FNA was additionally performed on the right thyroid lobe, revealing atypical follicular colloid cells of the Bethesda 3 category. Therefore, the excision of the ectopic thyroid tumor along with right lobectomy was planned. No embolization was initiated preoperatively in this case. Histopathology revealed that the supraclavicular mass was a paraganglioma. Paragangliomas supplied by the subclavian, innominate, and common carotid artery are rarely reported, and to our knowledge, this is the third case to be reported worldwide.

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ectopic thyroid massparagangliomasupraclavicular fossa

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