Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of the 12 reported cases of mesenteric paraganglioma

No. of cases	Ref.	Age (yr)	Sex	Location	Symptoms	Size (cm)	Hypertension	Preoperative diagnosis	Surgical procedures	Prognosis
1	Arean et al[18]	32	M	Mesentery of the small intestine	Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea	10 × 7 × 6	-	Abdominal mass	Resection of the intestine and its mesentery along with mass	8 mo: Alive without recurrence
2	Carmichael et al[20]	62	F	Mesentery of the small intestine	Nausea, vomiting, back pain	3.2	+	Abdominal mass	Resection of the intestine and its mesentery along with mass	Not documented
3	Tanaka et al[20]	29	F	Descending colon	Nausea, vomiting	10 × 9 × 7	-	Retroperitoneal mass	Resection of themass	32 mo: Alive without recurrence
4	Ishikura et al[21]	33	F	Sigmoid colon	Lower abdominal pain, dysuria	15 × 15 × 15	-	Ovarian tumor	Resection of the sigmoid colon and its mesentery along with mass	Not documented
5	Onoue et al[22]	38	F	Mesentery of the small intestine	None	4.5 × 3.2	-	Mesenteric tumor	Resection of the intestine and its mesentery along with mass	24 mo: Alive without recurrence
6	Jaffer et al[3]	76	M	Mesentery of the small intestine	Abdominal mass, vomiting, diarrhea	8.5 × 8	+	Abdominal mass	Resection of the intestine and its mesentery along with mass	Not documented
7	Muzaffar et al[23]	76	F	Mesentery of the small intestine	Abdominal mass	20 × 15	-	Abdominal mass	Not documented	15 mo: Alive without recurrence
8	Ponsky et al[24]	35	F	Mesentery of the small intestine	Abdominal mass, headache	5.5	+	Abdominal mass	Resection of the intestine and its mesentery along with mass	24 mo: Alive without recurrence
9	Kudoh et al[25]	72	F	Mesentery of the small intestine (ileum)	Abdominal pain and mass	10 × 9 × 9	-	Mesenteric tumor	Resection of segment of ileum and mesentery containing mass	12 mo: Alive without recurrence
10	Nobeyama et al[26]	53	M	Mesentery of the small intestine (ileum)	Abdominal mass	15 × 10 × 7	-	Abdominal mass	Resection of segment of ileum and mesentery containing mass	Not documented
11	Matsumoto et al[27]	77	F	Mesentery of the small intestine (near Bauhin's valve)	Abdominal mass	7 × 5.5	-	Mesenteric tumor	Resection of segment of ileum and mesentery containing mass	9 mo: Alive without recurrence
12	Present case	78	F	Mesentery of the small intestine (near Bauhin's valve)	None	3 × 1.5 × 1.5	-	Mesenteric tumor	Resection of themass	8 mo: Alive without recurrence

M: Male; F: Female.