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Case Reports
. 2007 Apr;16(2):116-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2006.12.002. Epub 2007 Feb 20.

A rare intracardiac mass: cardiac paraganglioma

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A rare intracardiac mass: cardiac paraganglioma

Yildirim Imren et al. Heart Lung Circ. 2007 Apr.

Abstract

It is very rare for heart tissue to give rise to a primary paraganglioma. Here, we report the observation of such a tumour in a 34-year-old woman who presented with symptoms of pulmonary venous congestion. The findings from echocardiography were consistent with the diagnosis of a myxoma that was partially occluding the left atrium. Surgery was performed in which a large (6 cm x 5 cm x 3 cm), non-lobulated solid tumour was resected from the posterior wall of the atrium. Upon histologic evaluation, this was determined to be a cardiac paraganglioma.

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