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83rd Annual Meeting of the German Society of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

German Society of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

16.05. - 20.05.2012, Mainz

Interdisciplinary management of the extra-, and intracranial Paragangliomas

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  • corresponding author Minoo Lenarz - Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Klinik, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland
  • Wibke Jakob - Klinik für Neurochirurgie, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland
  • Peter Vajkoczy - Klinik für Neurochirurgie, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland
  • Heidi Olze - Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Klinik, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde, Kopf- und Hals-Chirurgie. 83. Jahresversammlung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde, Kopf- und Hals-Chirurgie. Mainz, 16.-20.05.2012. Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House; 2012. Doc12hnod163

doi: 10.3205/12hnod163, urn:nbn:de:0183-12hnod1630

Published: April 4, 2012

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Appropriate preoperative diagnostic and interdisciplinary approaches have reduced the morbidity of therapy in head and neck paragangliomas. However, the management of head and neck Paraganglioma is and remains a challenge. The choice between surgery and radiotherapy should be made individually depending on the tumour characteristics (location and size), age of the patient and additional comorbidities. Also the choice of surgical approach and timing of the surgery should be made case by case individually.

We present a series of extra- and intracranial paragangliomas which have been managed by our interdisciplinary team at Charité.