TABLE 2

Characteristics of Group B Patients

PatientAge (y)SexLocalizationPrevious historyPG familial history at time of SRSSRS results (uptake grade)Unexpected tumors discovered by SRSFinal diagnosis
B157ML tympanic3PG (CI + surgery)
B231FL tympanic3PG (CI + surgery)
B338FR tympanic3PG (CI + surgery)
B464ML tympanic3PG (CI + surgery)
B554FR tympanic3PG (CI + surgery)
B655ML tympanic3PG (CI + surgery)
B747FL tympanic3PG (CI)
B866FL tympanojugular3Thyroid oncocytoma (surgery)PG (CI)
B932ML tympanojugularL vagal PG operated on 2 y earlier31 abdominal + 1 rib + 1 skull sitePG (CI)
B1072MR tympanojugular3PG (CI)
B1156MR tympanojugularR carotid body PG operated on 7 mo earlier3PG (CI)
B1246FR tympanojugularL carotid body operated on 15 y earlier3PG (CI + surgery)
B1343MR tympanojugularR tympanojugular + carotid body3PG (CI)
B1422FL vagalBilateral carotid body PGs operated on 3 and 2 y earlierFather22 thoracic sitesPG
B1555ML vagal3PG (CI + surgery)
B1665FL carotid body3PG (CI + surgery)
B1722ML carotid body3PG (CI + surgery)
B1842FR carotid body1 sister3PG (CI + surgery)
B1930FL carotid bodyFather + 4/7 aunts and uncles on father’s side3PG (CI + surgery)
B2027ML carotid bodyContralateral carotid body PG operated on 7 mo earlier1 sister3PG (surgery)
B2160FL carotid body3PG (CI)
B2262FR carotid body3PG (CI + surgery)
B2351MBilateral tympanojugular3PG (CI)
B2421MBilateral carotid bodyGrandmother on father’s side3PG (CI + surgery)
B2532MBilateral carotid body3PG (CI)
B2657MR tympanojugular + R vagal + R carotid bodyContralateral carotid body PG operated on 14 y earlier3PG (CI)
B2743MR tympanojugular + L tympanic + L carotid body3R carotid body PG + 2 thoracic sitesPG (CI)
B2867FMetastatic PG cervical lymph node2Retrostyloid massPG (CI)
  • PG = paraganglioma; CI = conventional imaging.