Kota, SKKota, SKJammula, SPanda, S2026-06-012026-06-012011https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14572/6314SK Kota Resident, Department of Endocrinology, Medwin Hospital, Hyderabad-500001, Andhra Pradesh SK Kota Department of Anaesthesia, Central Security Hospital, RIYADH S Jammula Department of Pharmaceutics, Roland Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, BERHAMPUR, Orissa S Panda Department of Cardiology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, PundicherryAbstract: An 8 year boy was admitted with features of tuberculous meningitis. He was detected to have hypertension. Further investigations revealed an extra-adrenal paraganglioma. Tuberculous meningitis and paraganglioma could be chance associations. Paraganglioma is a rare and potentially lethal cause of secondary hypertension, very uncommon at this age. If left untreated it leads to complications arising from unrelenting hypertension. We report a case report on this very rare disease of paraganglioma presenting in an unexpected way.en-USParagangliomaTuberculous meningitisSecondary hypertensionArticle