Tag Vickie Y. Jo

Diseases of the Paraganglia System

■ Paraganglioma Extra-adrenal paragangliomas arise from paraganglia distributed along the paravertebral sympathetic and parasympathetic chains and include tumors arising in the carotid body, jugulotympanic body, orbit, nasopharynx, larynx, vagal body, paraspinal chain (aorticosympathetic and visceral-autonomic), urinary bladder, and the organ…