Catecholamine-secreting paraganglioma of the thoracic spinal column: Report of an unusual case and review of the literature

Neurosurgery

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Simpson, Lauren N ^a   Hughes, Betsy D ^a   Karikari, Isaac O ^a   Mehta, Ankit I ^a   Hodges, Tiffany R ^a   Cummings, Thomas J ^a   Bagley, Carlos A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Catecholamine; Paraganglioma; Thoracic spine; Tumor

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; METADRENALIN; NORADRENALIN; PHENOXYBENZAMINE;

ADULT; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CATECHOLAMINE URINE LEVEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAPHORESIS; FEMALE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMINECTOMY; NECK PAIN; NORADRENALIN URINE LEVEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAGANGLIOMA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE TUMOR; THORACIC SPINE;

CATECHOLAMINES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARAGANGLIOMA, EXTRA-ADRENAL; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 84858746222     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e31822e5aae     Document Type: Article

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