Published May 24, 2021



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Luisana Molina Pimienta

Sandra Amado Garzon

Juan Camilo Salgado Sanchez

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Abstract

Paragangliomas are rare neuroendocrine tumors derived from the sympathetic and parasympathetic portions of the paraganglia, the presence of metastasis is what determines malignancy. We present the case of a 34-year-old man with a carotid body paraganglioma with metastatic involvement of bone, nodes, liver, and lung, who additionally presents with symptomatic tumor hypoglycemia. Given the advanced stage of the disease, he was not a candidate for surgical management, symptomatic management and high-dose steroids were provided to manage hypoglycemia. He died 2 weeks after admission due to liver failure secondary to metastatic involvement at this level.

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Molina Pimienta, L., Amado Garzon, S. ., & Salgado Sanchez, J. C. (2021). Malignant Paraganglioma of the Carotid Body with Multiple Metastatic Involvement: A Rare Case: Paraganglioma maligno. Universitas Medica, 62(2). https://doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.umed62-2.pmcc
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