Chemodectoma (Nonchromaffin Paraganglioma) of the Mediastinum

Intrathoracic Tumours of Carotid Body Type (Chemodectoma)

“…Commonly they are enveloped in fine connective tissue which is often very vascular. The value of immediate diagnosis by frozen section is stressed by McDonald, Aufderheide, and Fuller (1954), who state that unnecessarily radical surgery can be avoided if the non-chromaffin paraganglioma is not mistaken for a malignant vascular neoplasm.…”

Surgical experiences with tumors of the carotid body, glomus jugulare and retroperitoneal nonchromaffin paraganglia

“…The term nonchromaffin paraganglioma is applied to those carotid body-like tumors which have occurred in regions of the body other than the head and neck. They have been described as arising intra-abdominally, 2 3within the mediastinum,'7 43 in the retroperitoneal space,-and in the extremities. 1 TUMORS OF THE CAROTID BODY the microscopic picture in these large, slowly growing, painless tumors was similar and resembled that of carotid body tumors.…”

Tumours and Cysts of the Mediastinum

“…Duncan and McDonald (1951) had two cases arising in the right paravertebral region. McDonald, Aufderheide, and Fuller (1954) removed one from the upper thoracic and lower cervical region through a neck incision. Shaw and Kennedy's case (1956), a man of 30 years, had such a tumour in the left paravertebral region opposite the ninth intercostal space.…”