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Neurosurgical Review
Published in: Neurosurgical Review 1/2004

01-01-2004 | Original Article

Hyperostotic paraganglioma of occipitotemporal bone

Authors: Raj Kumar, Vikas Malik, Isha Tyagi, Lily Pal, S. N. Singh

Published in: Neurosurgical Review | Issue 1/2004

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Abstract

A 25-year-old male presented with off-and-on vertigo of 10-year duration. He had left-sided cerebellar signs, left vocal cord paresis, and minimal left-sided hearing impairment. Computed tomography of the head revealed significant hyperostosis of squamous occipital, mastoid, and petrous temporal bone with no adjacent soft tissue mass. On excision, it turned out to be paraganglioma. Paraganglioma as a pure bony mass is not reported in the literature. The site of origin of such a tumor could not be ascertained, even on generous screening. The tumor remained nonsecretory on clinical and biochemical investigations.
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Metadata
Title
Hyperostotic paraganglioma of occipitotemporal bone
Authors
Raj Kumar
Vikas Malik
Isha Tyagi
Lily Pal
S. N. Singh
Publication date
01-01-2004
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Neurosurgical Review / Issue 1/2004
Print ISSN: 0344-5607
Electronic ISSN: 1437-2320
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10143-003-0278-5

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