Abstract

S. Berrada*, M. Dref, C. Ahouissoussi, C. Fadel, B. Finech, A. Belbachir and H. Rais

ABSTRACT

Paragangliomas are rare endocrine tumours of neural crest origin. They occur along the paraganglia's pathway extending from the skull base to the pelvic floo. The common location of these neoplasms is the head and neck especially, carotid body, jugular foramen and along the course of the vagus nerve. Others locations can be seen included chest, mediastinum, abdomen retroperitoneum. The diagnosis is based on by histology andimmunocytochemistry. Primary gallbladder paragangliomas is extremely rare and only a small number of cases have been described. We report a case of a 66-year-old Moroccan woman with a paraganglioma of gallbladder found aincidentally during surgical removal of the gallbladder.