vagus nerve paraganglioma
MONDO:0044768Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names vagus nerve paraganglioma yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A benign or malignant extra-adrenal parasympathetic paraganglioma arising from paraganglia in the vagus nerve. Patients may present with a slow growing, painless mass in the neck, hoarseness, vocal cord paralysis, and dysphagia.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0044768), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
Other names
6 names
Resolves to: vagus nerve paraganglioma
- Also called
- paraganglioma of the vagal bodyparaganglioma of the vagus nerveparaganglioma of vagal bodyparaganglioma of vagus nervevagal body paragangliomavagal paraganglioma