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A rare hereditary and metastatic paraganglioma involved in both spermatic cord and testis

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We thank Prof. Xiaoge Deng, Prof. Shiping Liu from Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology of the Second Xiangya Hospital, Dr. Jianghai Huang from Department of Pathology of the Second Xiangya Hospital, and Prof. Yinhuai Wang from Department of Urology of the Second Xiangya Hospital for their kind help for patient’s correct diagnosis and treatment and Prof. Zhongjian Xie from Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology of the Second Xiangya Hospital for his constructive discussion of the manuscript preparation.

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    Shuoming Luo & Zhiguang Zhou

  2. Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, USA

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Luo, S., Liu, Z. & Zhou, Z. A rare hereditary and metastatic paraganglioma involved in both spermatic cord and testis. Endocrine 65, 217–218 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12020-019-01872-6

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