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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2024

Case report: Paraganglioma masquerading as angiosarcoma: diagnostic-dilemma in vascular tumors.

Ahilan Raj Rajoo, Saravanan Kannairan, Hisham Arshad Habeebullah Khan, Mohamad Azim Md Idris, Geok Chin Tan, Kishen Raj Chandra Sakaran, Lenny Suryani Safri

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Ahilan Raj RajooDepartment of Surgery, KPJ Healthcare University, Nilai, Malaysia.
Saravanan KannairanVascular Unit, Department of Surgery, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Cheras, Malaysia.
Hisham Arshad Habeebullah KhanVascular Unit, Department of Surgery, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Cheras, Malaysia.
Mohamad Azim Md IdrisVascular Unit, Department of Surgery, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Cheras, Malaysia.
Geok Chin TanHistopathology Unit, Department of Pathology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Cheras, Malaysia.
Kishen Raj Chandra SakaranVascular Unit, Department of Surgery, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Cheras, Malaysia.
Lenny Suryani SafriVascular Unit, Department of Surgery, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Cheras, Malaysia.

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Abstract

Paragangliomas originating from blood vessels are exceptionally rare, presenting diagnostic challenges due to their histological resemblance to other vascular neoplasms. We present a case study of a 60-year-old woman with underlying hypertension and dyslipidemia with obesity, initially diagnosed with angiosarcoma based on imaging and histological characteristics viewed via CT-guided biopsy. Intraoperative exploration revealed a lobulated tumor located between the inferior vena cava (IVC) and aorta measuring 7 cm × 8 cm, during which the patient developed transient hemodynamic instabilities. Histopathological examination and immunohistochemical staining using neuroendocrine markers (chromogranin, synaptophysin, S-100 protein, and CD-56) later confirmed the tumor as a retroperitoneal paraganglioma. Retroperitoneal paraganglioma was initially misdiagnosed as angiosarcoma due to the overlapping imaging characteristics between the two tumors. This highlights the importance of raising suspicion on the possibility of retroperitoneal paraganglioma when imaging examination indicates angiosarcoma and to incorporate histopathological examination and immunohistochemistry in the diagnosis to avoid misdiagnosis.

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angiosarcomaCT-guided biopsyhistopathologyparagangliomaretroperitoneal tumor

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