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Renal hilar paraganglioma: A case report
Zeinab Ali Abou Yehia, Rashid Khalid Sayyid, Ali Ahmad Haydar, Department of Radiology, AUBMC, Riad El Solh, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon
Author contributions: Abou Yehia ZA, Sayyid RK and Haydar AA contributed to the writing of the case report in accordance with the standard proposed by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors.
Correspondence to: Ali Ahmad Haydar, MD, Department of Radiology, AUBMC, PO Box. 11-0236, Riad El Solh, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon. ah24@aub.edu.lb
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Received: September 30, 2013
Revised: November 11, 2013
Accepted: December 17, 2013
Published online: January 28, 2014
Revised: November 11, 2013
Accepted: December 17, 2013
Published online: January 28, 2014
Core Tip
Core tip: Chromaffin cell tumors are very rare tumors, the majority of which derive from catecholamine secreting cells in the adrenal glands. Extra-adrenal paragangliomas comprise around 15% of chromaffin cell tumors; they usually arise from sympathetic paraganglia throughout the body. We present a very rare case with the location and presentation of a paraganglioma arising at the renal hilum splaying the renal artery and vein and causing vascular compromise to the left kidney.