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Paraganglioma

Paragangliomas, sometimes called glomus tumours, are slow growing tumours arising from non-chromaffin paraganglion cells that are scattered throughout the body from the base of skull to the urinary bladder.
 
Paragangliomas are sometimes referred to as glomus tumours although this gives rise to confusion with glomangioma, a tumour of the glomus body in the skin and soft tissues and should thus be avoided:
 

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