Open AccessRight atrial paraganglioma: an unusual primary cardiac tumour
Author(s) -
Rory Kennelly,
Rashid Aziz,
Mary Toner,
Vincent Young
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1873-734X
pISSN - 1010-7940
DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.02.031
Subject(s) - presentation (obstetrics) , paraganglioma , medicine , heart neoplasms , right heart , case presentation , cardiac tumors , cardiology , radiology , surgery
We present a case of an unusual presentation of a rare primary cardiac tumour. There are no more than 50 previously reported cases of primary cardiac paraganglioma in the world literature and only a small proportion of these involve the right side of the heart. Diagnosis is difficult and surgical management is varied and complex.
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