Carotid Paraganglioma in Adolescence-Clinical Picture-Surgical Technique and Review of the Literature

Table 1

Reported cases of CBPs in pediatric age group [4, 6–9, 11–26].

Year/author	Age/ Gender	Symptoms	Shamblin type	Size (mm)	Malignancy	Cranial nerve injury	Treatment	Follow-up period without complications (months)
1968/ Chambers et al [11]	12/M	NR	NR	25X25	No	No	Surgical Excision	120
	14/M		NR	60X60				120
	9/F		NR	15X20				12
1971/ Shamblin et al [12]	12/NR	NR	NR	NR	No	NR	Surgical Excision	NR
1980/ Newland et al [14]	13/F	Hypertension,; Tachycardia	NR	25X80	NR	NR	Surgical Excision/ Radiotherapy, Chemotherapy	NR
1983/ Carney et al [21]	12/F	NR	NR	NR	No	No	Surgical Excision	Epithelioid myosarcoma-; chondroma (24y), two; nodules in left lung (30 y),; well at age 31
1986/ Dickinson et al [22]	12/F	NR	NR	NR	No	XII permanent paralysis	Surgical Excision	NR
1988/ Hallett et al [6]	12/NR	Neck Mass Tumor	NR	NR	NR	Yes (not specified)	Surgical Excision	NR
1989/ Thompson et al [7]	14/F	Bilateral CBPs and Glomus Jugular Tumor	I	20X20	No	Right facial nerve paralysis	Surgical Excision	NR
			III	Large		No
1990/ Gounot et al [16]	14/M	Right neck mass	II	35X25X15	No	No	Subadventitial Excision	12
1991/ Ophir et al [8]	12/F	Bilateral CBPS and Unilateral Jugular Tumor	III	30X40	Family History (+)	Paralysis of IXth to XIIth cranial nerves	Surgical Excision	96
			II	30X30		No
1993/ Varudkar et al [9]	6/M	Swelling, Hypertension, Pheochromocytoma	NR	NR	No	No	Surgical Excision	NR
1999/ Hajnzic et al [25]	9/M	NR	NR	50	Metastatic Chest Paraganglioma, Pulmonary Metastasis	No	Surgical Excision; Chemotherapy	Death after 4 months
2000/ Wang et al [23]	10/NR	NR	NR	NR	No	Yes (not specified)	Surgical Excision, Preoperative Embolization	2.9
2001/ Plukker et al [24]	11/NR	NR	NR	NR	No	Yes (not specified)	Surgical Excision	NR
2003/ Takautz et al [4]	8.2/F	NR	NR	25	NR	No	Surgical Excision	118
2005/ Osborne et al [17]	16/F	Nonpulsatile Tumor	NR	NR	NR	NR	Preoperative Emboli, Subadventitial Dissection	NR
2007/ Zaupa et al [18]	15/M	Asymptomatic Mass	NR	NR	No	NR	Subadventitial Excision	NR
2007/ Sajid [26]	18/ NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	Surgical Excision	NR
2008/ Georgiadis et al [13]	13/F	Painless Pulsatile Slow-Growing Mass	III	50X43X30	No	No	En Bloc Surgical Excision	9
2014/ Lopez-vasquez et al [19]	16/F	Asymptomatic Mass	NR	40X30X30	No	NR	Surgical Excision	NR
2017/Ifeoluwa et al [20]	8/F	Pulsatile Slow-Growing Mass	NR	NR	No	No	Preoperative embolization Surgical resection	Current time
2018/Hogan et al [15]	8/F	Neck mass	NR	NR	No	No	Preoperative embolization and balloon test occlusion; Surgical excision	NR
2018/ our cases	16/ F	Cervical Pain, Dizziness, Dysphagia, Breathlessness and Palpable Mass	II	26x21x30	No	No	Surgical Excision	26
	15/M	Asymptomatic Mass	II	60X35	No	No	Surgical Excision	96

M: male, F: female, and NR: not reported.