Paraganglioma of the tongue with SDHB gene mutation in a patient with Graves’ disease

Key Clinical Message We report a case of an apparently sporadic paraganglioma of the tongue with a germ‐line mutation in a female patient with asymptomatic Graves’ disease. The tongue is an unusual primary location. Genetic testing is mandatory in all cases. Thyroid gland dysfunction and autoimmune...

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Main Authors: Marcela Adriana Duran Alvarez, Juan Jose Tavarez Rodriguez, Mercedes Robledo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-04-01
Series:Clinical Case Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2065
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spelling doaj-a6effa0076554de6820ebf42bba838952020-11-24T21:35:57ZengWileyClinical Case Reports2050-09042019-04-017472673010.1002/ccr3.2065Paraganglioma of the tongue with SDHB gene mutation in a patient with Graves’ diseaseMarcela Adriana Duran Alvarez0Juan Jose Tavarez Rodriguez1Mercedes Robledo2Department of Pathology Hospital de Medina del Campo Valladolid SpainDepartment of Otorhinolaringology Hospital de Medina del Campo Valladolid SpainHereditary Endocrine Cancer, Human Cancer Genetics Programme Spanish National Cancer Centre (CNIO) Madrid SpainKey Clinical Message We report a case of an apparently sporadic paraganglioma of the tongue with a germ‐line mutation in a female patient with asymptomatic Graves’ disease. The tongue is an unusual primary location. Genetic testing is mandatory in all cases. Thyroid gland dysfunction and autoimmune phenomena could be associated with some paragangliomas.https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2065Graves’ diseasemutationparagangliomaSDHBthyroidtongue
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author Marcela Adriana Duran Alvarez
Juan Jose Tavarez Rodriguez
Mercedes Robledo
spellingShingle Marcela Adriana Duran Alvarez
Juan Jose Tavarez Rodriguez
Mercedes Robledo
Paraganglioma of the tongue with SDHB gene mutation in a patient with Graves’ disease
Clinical Case Reports
Graves’ disease
mutation
paraganglioma
SDHB
thyroid
tongue
author_facet Marcela Adriana Duran Alvarez
Juan Jose Tavarez Rodriguez
Mercedes Robledo
author_sort Marcela Adriana Duran Alvarez
title Paraganglioma of the tongue with SDHB gene mutation in a patient with Graves’ disease
title_short Paraganglioma of the tongue with SDHB gene mutation in a patient with Graves’ disease
title_full Paraganglioma of the tongue with SDHB gene mutation in a patient with Graves’ disease
title_fullStr Paraganglioma of the tongue with SDHB gene mutation in a patient with Graves’ disease
title_full_unstemmed Paraganglioma of the tongue with SDHB gene mutation in a patient with Graves’ disease
title_sort paraganglioma of the tongue with sdhb gene mutation in a patient with graves’ disease
publisher Wiley
series Clinical Case Reports
issn 2050-0904
publishDate 2019-04-01
description Key Clinical Message We report a case of an apparently sporadic paraganglioma of the tongue with a germ‐line mutation in a female patient with asymptomatic Graves’ disease. The tongue is an unusual primary location. Genetic testing is mandatory in all cases. Thyroid gland dysfunction and autoimmune phenomena could be associated with some paragangliomas.
topic Graves’ disease
mutation
paraganglioma
SDHB
thyroid
tongue
url https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2065
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