Investig Magn Reson Imaging.  2021 Mar;25(1):47-52. 10.13104/imri.2021.25.1.47.

Pancreatic Paraganglioma: a Case Report and Literature Review

• Park JS
• Min SJ
• Min SK
• Choi JA

• KMID: 2514134
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.13104/imri.2021.25.1.47

Abstract

Paraganglioma is a rare tumor of paraganglia, derived from neural crest cells in sympathetic or parasympathetic ganglions. It can be widely distributed from the skull base to the bottom of the pelvis. The pancreas, however, is a rare location of this neoplasm, and only a limited number of cases have been reported in the English literature, especially with gadoxetic-acid-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and diffusion-weighted images (DWI). We herein report a case of pathologically proven paraganglioma in the pancreas head with a literature review on endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS), computed tomography (CT), gadoxetic-acid-enhanced MRI, and DWI sequence.

Keyword

Pancreas; Paraganglioma; Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging