AUTHOR=Mazzucco Alessandra , Poirè Eleonora , Leporati Andrea , Chiari Matteo , Moneghini Laura , Ghilardi Giorgio , Baisi Alessandro 

TITLE=An Unusual Histology for a Lung Nodule: A Case Report of Primary Pulmonary Paraganglioma

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Surgery

VOLUME=8

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/surgery/articles/10.3389/fsurg.2021.688236

DOI=10.3389/fsurg.2021.688236

ISSN=2296-875X

ABSTRACT=<p><bold>Introduction:</bold> Primary pulmonary paraganglioma is a rare tumor with few cases reported in literature and unspecific clinical presentation.</p><p><bold>Case Presentation:</bold> A 49-year-old woman presented to our department with an incidental finding of a pulmonary mass at chest X-ray and no associated clinical symptom. The CT scan and the FDG-PET showed mild uptake of contrast, but a definitive diagnosis was only possible after surgery through histopathological examination.</p><p><bold>Conclusion:</bold> Paragangliomas originating in the pulmonary tissue are generally non-functioning masses discovered incidentally in otherwise asymptomatic patients. Surgery appears to be the best treatment option, with only radiologic follow-up necessary afterwards.</p>