Surgical resection of a recurrent retroperitoneal paraganglioma: A case report

Table 1 Literature reports on recurrent paragangliomas published in the past decade

Number	Gender	Age at diagnosis (years)	Time to recurrence	Primary site	Site of recurrence/metastasis	Gene mutation
1	Female	17	7 years	Vulva	Vulva	SDHB
2	Male	14	7 years	Right para-ureteral	Para-aortic
4	Female	19	9 months	Thyroid	Left paravertebral	SDHB
5	Female	40	11 years	Right adrenal gland	Right adrenal gland
6	Female	35	5 months	Left mastoid	Left jugular vein
7	Male	79	2 years	Pituitary tumor	Sella turcica
8	Male	5	4 years	Right renal hilum	Left border of the abdominal aorta
9	Female	27	16 years	Right adrenal gland	Right adrenal gland
10	Female	46	2 years	Right thyroid	Laryngeal nerve
11	Male	33	2 years	Right neck	Right neck
12	Female	38	1 years	Bilateral cervical area	Cervical recurrence and liver metastasis
13	Female	60	10 years	Neck	Neck and vertebral column
14	Female	18	18 years	Left adrenal	Left adrenal recurrence with pulmonary metastases
15	Male	60	10 years	Right adrenal	Right adrenal
16	Male	32	6 years	Superior to the renal artery	Superior to aortic bifurcation
17	Male	18	10 years	Right carotid body	Left carotid body and right hip
18	Male	9	22 years	Left carotid body	Aortic root and the right ventricular outflow tract	SDHB
29	Male	30	6 years	Carotid body	Carotid body and T7 vertebral metastases
20	Female	26	3 years	Left carotid body	Bilateral pulmonary, liver, and peripancreatic lymph nodes
21	Male	53	8 years	Bladder	Bladder and pelvic
22	Male	40	4 years	Bladder	Bladder and renal pelvis

SDHB: Succinate dehydrogenase complex iron sulfur subunit B.