TY - JOUR AU - Ghammad, Sanae AU - Chebihi Hassani, Ghita AU - Allouche, Fadwa AU - Alami, Zineb AU - Bouhafa, Touria AU - Hassouni, Khalid PY - 2019/01/27 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Malignant retroperitoneal paraganglioma treated with radiotherapy: A case report JF - Journal of Surgery and Medicine JA - J Surg Med VL - 3 IS - 1 SE - Case Report DO - 10.28982/josam.456705 UR - https://jsurgmed.com/article/view/456705 SP - 105-108 AB - <p><p>Paragangliomas are rare tumors arising from undifferentiated cells of the primitive neural crest. We report a case of a 33-year-old female patient who presented a large firm retroperitoneal tumor situated on the left flank above the left kidney. Levels of the serum epinephrine and norepinephrine were high. We performed a scanned biopsy; the histopathological examination and the immunohistochemical analyses concluded the diagnosis of a retroperitoneal paraganglioma. The tumor was judged secreting and inoperable; therefore it was decided to be treated with radiotherapy.<br /></p></p> ER -