Table 6: Carotid paragangliomas (CPG) related tosyndromes and diseases.
Relevant aspects • Associations very infrequent, but situations do exist. Need for more knowledge. • Associations of complex etiopathogenesis. Not fully clarified. • Lack of specific diagnostic and therapeutic protocols. • Search for tumours of various kinds, synchronous and metachronous. • Functional situations (catecholamine secretion) and malignancy situations.
Diagnostic and therapeutic strategy (some aspects) • Individualise therapeutic priorities: functional tumours? • Interdisciplinary collaboration. • Follow-up throughout life (metachronous tumours). • Variable prognosis. There are situations of malignancy. |