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case_images: CT scan of the abdomen showing a right retroperitoneal mass. a Axial section and b coronal section.
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case_images: F1
case_images: The tumor had ill-defined borders with the surrounding liver, right kidney, inferior vena cava, right renal artery and vein, and left renal vein, which indicated adhesion (fig. 1).
case_images: Macroscopic finding of a surgical specimen.
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case_images: F2
case_images: There was no continuity of the tumor in the normal adrenal gland, and it was diagnosed as paraganglioma (fig. 2).
case_images: Microscopic finding of the tumor. A polygonal basophilic atypical cell proliferated in a rich vascular network (HE stain, original magnification x100).
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case_images: F3
case_images: On histological findings, the tumor consisted of a hyperplasia of cells with basophilic cytoplasm and was arranged in an alveolar pattern around fibrous blood vessels (fig. 3).