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Rare disease
CASE REPORT
Functioning metastatic paraganglioma of the urinary bladder in a 10-year-old child
  1. Alaeddine El Alayli1,
  2. Mohammad Ali El Amine1,
  3. Yaser El Hout2,
  4. Lena Naffaa1
  1. 1Department of Diagnostic Radiology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
  2. 2Department of Urology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
  1. Correspondence to Dr Lena Naffaa, ln01{at}aub.edu.lb

Summary

Paragangliomas of the urinary bladder are very rare tumours representing less than 1% of bladder tumours. Preoperative diagnosis is essential to avoid perioperative complications related to catecholamine release. A high index of suspicion should be maintained when the classical symptoms of voiding-related paroxysms of headache, palpitation and dizziness are present. We present a rare case of malignant paraganglioma of the urinary bladder in a 10-year-old boy. The patient had the classic presentation. We review the radiological diagnostic tools and findings of this rare entity.

  • Cancer intervention
  • Urological surgery
  • Radiology
  • Urological cancer
  • Neuroendocrinology

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-220533

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    • Contributors LN and MA conceived the idea with pertinent literature review, reviewed and edited the first and subsequent drafts. AA wrote the first draft and reviewed, edited and approved subsequent drafts. YH provided the surgical and clinical perspective of the case, reviewed and provided pertinent edits to the case. All authors approved the final draft. All authors agree to be accountable for the article and to ensure that all questions regarding the accuracy or integrity of the article are investigated and resolved.

    • Competing interests None declared.

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    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.