Case Reports
doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2006.12.002.
Epub 2007 Feb 20.
A rare intracardiac mass: cardiac paraganglioma
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- DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2006.12.002
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Case Reports
A rare intracardiac mass: cardiac paraganglioma
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.