Investigators at Maastricht University, Division of Endocrinology release new data on paraganglioma.(Report)

New research, 'New imaging approaches to phaeochromocytomas and paragangliomas,' is the subject of a report. According to a study from Maastricht, Netherlands, "Formerly used concepts for phaeochromocytomas and paragangliomas have been challenged by recent discoveries that at least 24% of tumours are familial and thereby often multiple in various locations throughout the body. Furthermore, tumours are often malignant and perhaps more aggressive if associated with SDHB gene mutations."

"Some paragangliomas are clinically silent and may present only with dopamine hypersecretion. In the current era where CT and MRI are more commonly used, tumours are more often found as …