Superior and Inferior Paraaortic Paraganglioma

Preferred Label : Superior and Inferior Paraaortic Paraganglioma;

NCIt definition : An extra-adrenal sympathetic paraganglioma arising from paraganglia located along the aorta, including suprarenal, infrarenal, and renal hilar sites. In functional tumors, the hypersecretion of catecholamines results in hypertension.;

Neoplastic status : Undetermined;

Details

Origin ID

C48317;

UMLS CUI

C1710250;

Disease excludes abnormal cell
- Large Osteoclastic Giant Cell [NCIt concept]
- Neoplastic Smooth Muscle Cell [NCIt concept]
Disease may have findings
- Hypertension [NCIt concept]
- Nesting (Zellballen) Growth Pattern [NCIt concept]
- Trabecular Pattern [NCIt concept]
Excludes anatomical site(s)
- Adrenal Gland [NCIt concept]
Has associated anatomic sites
- Nervous System [NCIt concept]
- Peritoneum and Retroperitoneum [NCIt concept]
- Retroperitoneum [NCIt concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Neoplastic Process [UMLS semantic type]
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- Neoplastic Cell [NCIt concept]
- Neoplastic Chromaffin Cell [NCIt concept]
- Neoplastic Endocrine Cell [NCIt concept]
- Neoplastic Epithelial Cell [NCIt concept]
- Neoplastic Neuroendocrine Cell [NCIt concept]
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- Endocrine Differentiation [NCIt concept]
- Epithelial Component Present [NCIt concept]
- Neuroendocrine Differentiation [NCIt concept]
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- Chromaffin Cell [NCIt concept]
- Epithelial Cell [NCIt concept]
- Neural Crest-Derived Cell [NCIt concept]
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- Epithelial Tissue [NCIt concept]
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- Autonomic Nervous System [NCIt concept]
- Paraaortic Region [NCIt concept]
- Peripheral Nerve [NCIt concept]
- Retroperitoneum [NCIt concept]
- Sympathetic Nervous System [NCIt concept]

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