Paraganglioma manifesting as shock: A case report

Paraganglioma is a rare neuroendocrine tumor in children that rarely manife sts as shock. We describe the case of a 12-year-old girl with paraganglioma who del eloped impaired cardiac function, pulmonary edema, and shock at ti le time of admission. Her blood pressure stabilized after intravenous norma l saline rescue and dopamine treatment. However, hypertension was noted the reafter. After a series of examinations, paraganglioma was diagnosed and ex cision of the tumor was performed. After surgery, blood pressure stabilized and her cardiac function had fully recovered at 4 months' follow-up.