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Retroperitoneal paragangliomas (PG) are tumors of neuroectodermal origin rarely seen in children. A 10-year-old boy presented with back pain and a palpable mass secondary to a large right-sided retrocaval PG inferomedial to the kidney. Preoperative chemotherapy and perioperative embolisation were instigated to reduce tumor vascularity. En-bloc resection of the inferior vena cava below the left renal vein and above the caval bifurcation was achieved. Caval reconstruction was completed using a complex autograft of anterior uninvolved vena cava and right renal vein. At 4-year follow-up, the child remains tumor-free with normal caval flow and patency.
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Bourke, .C., Lynch, .S., Irving, .H. et al. Retroperitoneal paraganglioma in a child: resection and vena caval reconstruction. Ped Surgery Int 18, 505–508 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00383-002-0712-8
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