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Ramesh M Tambat , Venuprasad Narasimhaiah , Marshall David Collin , Nataraj Y. Sannappanavar , Nitin Kumar , Yogendra Shrestha , Jeet Bahadur Moktan ·

YOU? · · 2021 · Open Access · · DOI: https://doi.org/10.18203/2349-2902.isj20213151 · OA: W4206072300

Retroperitoneal functional paraganglioma is a rare type of neuroendocrine neoplasm which secrete excess catecholamines including epinephrine, norepinephrine, dopamine and their metabolites metanephrine, normetanephrine, 3-methoxytyramine respectively. Early diagnosis of functional paraganglioma is important because its removal is often curative. The extent of disease is evaluate using 2(18F)-fluoro-2 deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET), where increased uptake of 18-FDG observed the mass. It is one of the rare curable causes of secondary hypertension. Here, we have presented the rare case of a young female who was recently diagnosed with hypertension and pain in abdomen, was later found to have functional paraganglioma.