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J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech
December 2024
Department of Surgery, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Carotid body tumors (CBTs), or chemodectomas, are rare, especially in the pediatric population. They often present with minimal symptoms, making timely diagnosis challenging. This case report and systematic review highlights a distinctive presentation and summarize the current evidence on pediatric CBTs.
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June 2023
Fundação Universidade Regional de Blumenau, Brazil. Electronic address:
Introduction And Importance: Vagal paragangliomas of neck are rare tumours of neural crest origin usually arising in elderly age with female predominance. They have a vague clinical presentation therefore difficult to diagnose preoperatively. We hope that this case report and literature review would add to the existing literature and help devise a comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic plan for vagal paragangliomas.
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May 2023
Laboratory of Veterinary Surgery, Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Fujisawa, Japan.
Background: Surgical resection is the treatment of choice for canine adrenal pheochromocytomas (PHEOs). Information on en bloc resection of adrenal PHEO with tumour thrombus, right hepatic division and segmental caudal vena cava (CVC) running through the adrenal tumour and right hepatic division is limited.
Objective: To describe the preemptively planned en bloc resection of an extensive right adrenal PHEO involving the right hepatic division, the caval thrombus and the segmental CVC in a dog with Budd-Chiari-like syndrome (BCLS).
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December 2021
Department of Pediatrics, Shamir (Assaf Harofeh) Medical Center, affiliated with Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel- Aviv University.
Pheochromocytoma is a rare, catecholamine secreting tumor arising from chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla and it is responsible for 0.5-2% of pediatric hypertension cases. We hereby present a case of a 13-year-old girl with obesity, excessive hypertension, prediabetes and secondary nocturnal enuresis, who was eventually diagnosed with pheochromocytoma.
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June 2021
Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Longgang District People's Hospital of Shenzhen, The Third Affiliated Hospital (Provisional) of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Longgang central city, Shenzhen, Guangdong, P.R. China.
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