NBME 13 Paraganglioma (NBME Answers)

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Retired NBME 13 Answers

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An autopsy is done on a 46-year-old woman who ...
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Positive staining for synaptophysin and chromogranin are immediate buzzwords for neuroendocrine tumors. Paragangliomas are the only type listed here.

Others would be small cell carcinoma of lung, carcinoid tumor, gastrinomas/insulinomas/etc, pheos, medullary carcinoma of thyroid.

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If anyone else is on the dumdum boat and didn’t know what a paranganglioma was: a neuroendocrine tumor that begins in nerve cells, closely related to a pheochromocytoma

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cheesetouch Mayo clinic says 2 out of 1 million people have a paraganglioma. Talk about a zebra! +2

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