Paraganglioma vagal maligno

O paraganglioma vagal maligno e uma doenca extremamente rara cujo diagnostico e firmado pela presenca de metastases e nao pelos achados histologicos do tumor primario. Apresentamos um caso de paraganglioma vagal maligno tratado com sucesso atraves de resseccao cirurgica radical e esvaziamento cervical. Malignant vagal paraganglioma is a very rare disease and the diagnosis is established on the basis of presence of metastasis rather than the histological findings. We report a case of a malignant vagal paraganglioma successfully treated through radical resection and neck dissection.