Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Paragangliomas are rare neuroendocrine tumors, that manifest as painless, slow-growing masses, becoming evident only when symptoms of catecholamine overproduction or mass effects emerge. Paragangliomas exhibit a broad spectrum of characteristics, existing as solitary or multiple entities, and may be sporadic or hereditary. These tumors can be either benign or malignant and have origin in the sympathetic or parasympathetic tissues. Paragangliomas are commonly foun...