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Organ of Zuckerkandl

Is a chromaffin body derived from neural crest located at the bifurcation of the aorta or at the origin of inferior mesenteric artery. 

The organ of Zuckerkandl is of pathological significance in the adult as a common extra-adrenal site of pheochromocytoma though the most common extra-adrenal site is in the superior para-aortic region between the diaphragm and lower renal poles.