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Mediastinal Aortosympathetic Paraganglioma: Report of Two Cases

Department of Thoracic Surgery
¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain

For reprint information contact: Ricard Ramos, MD, Tel: 34 67 045 5480, Fax: 34 93 338 4678, Email: Ricardramos{at}ub.edu, Servei de Cirurgia Toràcica, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Feixa Llarga s/n, 08907 - L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.

Thoracic paragangliomas or extra-adrenal pheochromocytomas are uncommon neoplasms that may arise from the extra-adrenal paraganglia. Paragangliomas arising in the anterior mediastinum are most frequent and are related to the base of the heart. Paragangliomas of the posterior mediastinum are most infrequent, and arise from aorticosympathetic paraganglia. We present two cases of posterior mediastinum paraganglioma. Complete tumor resection was done through posterolateral thoracotomy. The diagnosis of aorticosympathectic paraganglioma was established by histologic examination.