Section Editor: Dharam M. Ramnani, MD

Virginia Urology, Richmond, VA, USA

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This paraganglioma has abundant amphophilic cytoplasm. The nests (Zellballen) are indistinct. The biologic behavior of paragangliomas cannot be predicted from histologic features. About 10% of bladder paragangliomas behave in a malignant fashion and are capable of metastases.

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