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A rare case of Calot’s triangle paraganglioma

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Summary

Background

Paraganglioma is a rare type of neuroendocrine tumor with the ability of neuropeptide and catecholamine secretion. The most common locations of these neoplasms are head and neck regions, retroperitoneal para-aortic and paracaval, renal, and urinary bladder sympathetic plexuses; abdominal paragangliomas at other sites are extremely uncommon.

Case presentation

A 66-year-old male patient was admitted to our institution with a diagnosis of an infundibular pericholecystic mass. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy and pericholecystic mass radical exeresis was performed; histology achieved a diagnosis of paraganglioma located in Calot’s triangle.

Conclusion

The report shows an extremely rare case of an extra-adrenal abdominal paraganglioma, successfully managed with a laparoscopic approach.

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  1. Division of Surgery, Department of Health Sciences, University ofEastern Piedmont, Hospital “Maggiore della Carità”, via Solaroli 12, 28100, Novara, Italy

    Alberto Oldani & Sergio Gentilli

  2. Division of Histology and Pathology, Department of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Piedmont, Hospital “Maggiore della Carità”, via Solaroli 12, 28100, Novara, Italy

    Renzo Boldorini & Paolo Spina

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A. Oldani, R. Boldorini, P. Spina, and S. Gentilli declare that they have no competing interests.

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All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Written informed consent was obtained from the patient for the publication of the manuscript.

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Oldani, A., Boldorini, R., Spina, P. et al. A rare case of Calot’s triangle paraganglioma. Eur Surg 49, 244–247 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10353-017-0488-7

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