Open AccessDiaphragmatic paraganglioma protruding into the right thoracic cavity
Author(s) -
Minegishi Kentaro,
Tsubochi Hiroyoshi,
Ohno Keisuke,
Komori Kenjiro,
Ozeki Masaki,
Negishi Hideki,
Endo Shunsuke
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
thoracic cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.823
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1759-7714
pISSN - 1759-7706
DOI - 10.1111/1759-7714.13865
Subject(s) - medicine , diaphragm (acoustics) , thoracotomy , diaphragmatic breathing , inferior vena cava , pericardium , paraganglioma , thoracic cavity , resection , vein , anatomy , surgery , radiology , pathology , physics , alternative medicine , acoustics , loudspeaker
Paragangliomas in the diaphragm are extremely rare. We report the case of a 27‐year‐old woman with a nonfunctioning paraganglioma protruding superiorly from the right diaphragm. The patient underwent an anterior thoracotomy, and a supradiaphragmatic tumor (70 mm in diameter), which compressed the inferior vena cava and the right hepatic vein, was completely resected by combined partial resection of the right diaphragm and pericardium. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a paraganglioma situated both on the diaphragm and close to the inferior vena cava and hepatic vein. Key points