A masked paraganglioma--a rare cause of pain in lymphedema of the arm
Frick, A.; Baumeister, R.G.; Remberger, K.
Handchirurgie Mikrochirurgie Plastische Chirurgie Organ der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Handchirurgie Organ der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Mikrochirurgie der Peripheren Nerven und Gefasse Organ der V. 20(3): 151-153
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0722-1819 PMID: 3402843 Document Number: 325389
The history is reported of a 66 year-old patient who suffered from postmastectomy edema and continuous pain on the ulnar side of the wrist. After microsurgical lymphatic grafting the edema diminished. At the site of pain there was a resistance palpable with reduced resonance on ultrasonography. At operation the authors excised a tumor which on histological and immunohistochemical investigation was compatible with a paraganglioma.