Parasympathetic paraganglioma

Summary

Parasympathetic paraganglioma (MONDO:0021052) is a disease. A subtype of paraganglioma — broader associated-gene and molecular evidence is on the parent page (see Disease family below).

Clinical features

No curated clinical features (Orphanet) for this disease.

Identifiers

Disease identifiers

Field	Value
Canonical name	parasympathetic paraganglioma
Mondo ID	MONDO:0021052
NCIT	C4217
UMLS	C0334416
MedGen	90779
GARD	0025281
Anatomy (UBERON)	UBERON:0000011
Is cancer (heuristic)	no

Also known as: paraganglioma of parasympathetic nervous system · parasympathetic Extra-adrenal paraganglioma · parasympathetic nervous system paraganglioma · parasympathetic paraganglioma · parasympathetic Paraganglionic neoplasm

Disease family

This is a subtype of paraganglioma. Genetic, therapeutic, and trial evidence is largely curated at the broader-term level — see the parent page for the associated-gene cohort and molecular evidence.

Classification path: disease › human disease › disease by body system or component › nervous system disorder › central nervous system disorder › autonomic nervous system disorder › autonomic nervous system neoplasm › paraganglioma › parasympathetic paraganglioma

Related subtypes (11): head and neck paraganglioma, pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma syndrome 4, pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma syndrome 1, pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma syndrome 2, pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma syndrome 3, pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma syndrome 5, sporadic pheochromocytoma/secreting paraganglioma, non-secreting paraganglioma, sympathetic paraganglioma, pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma syndrome 6, pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma syndrome 7

Subtypes (4): carotid body paraganglioma, jugulotympanic paraganglioma, neoplasm of aortic body, vagus nerve paraganglioma

Genetics & variants

GWAS landscape

No GWAS associations recorded — common-variant (GWAS) studies don’t cover this disease (typical for Mendelian / rare diseases). See the curated gene cohort and Mendelian overlap below.

Variant details and genetic-evidence tiers

No tiered GWAS variants or ClinVar records for this disease.

Genes & proteins

No associated-gene cohort resolved for this disease. Atlas builds the molecular and therapeutic sections — associated genes, protein families, druggability, pathways, interactions, and drug associations — by aggregating over a disease’s associated genes (resolved via GWAS / GenCC / ClinVar / CIViC), and none resolved here. This is expected for antibody-mediated, autoimmune, or otherwise non-gene-defined conditions; the curated evidence for this disease is its clinical features, GWAS susceptibility, and clinical trials (above).

Function

No pathway enrichment — requires an associated-gene cohort.

Therapeutics

No druggable-target or therapeutic data for this disease’s cohort.

Clinical trials & evidence

Clinical trials

Clinical trials: 0.