Abstract

Dr. Tongbram Soni Devi and Dr. P. Karkuzhali

ABSTRACT

Extra adrenal paraganglioma are rare endocrine tumours arising from embryonic cell crest. Paraganglioma represents only 10% of cromaffin tissue tumors and those arising from the mysentry seem to be a rare occurrence. Extra adrenal paraganglioma most commonly develop adjacent to the aorta, particularly the area corresponding to the organ of Zuckerandl. Funtional paraganglioma secrete catecholamines which clinically may present with headache, sweating & palpitation & symptoms of hypertension.Non functional may remain silent and present with vague symptoms like pain abdomen or insidiously enlarging palpable mass or pain related to the local growth of a tumour mass. We hereby report a case of 51 year old man complaints of diffuse pain abdomen x 1 week.Post operative Diagnosis-?GIST. Laprotomy was done with en block dissection of tumour along with 3rd& 4th part of duodenum with proximal jejunum with duodenojejunostomy & gastrojujenostomy.