Surgical treatment of an interatrial septal paraganglioma

Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2012 Oct;20(5):581-3. doi: 10.1177/0218492312437615.

Abstract

A 39-year-old man presented with chest pain. Chest radiography and echocardiography indicated a possible cardiac tumor. Echocardiography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging revealed a tumor in the interatrial septum. The patient underwent tumor resection under cardiopulmonary bypass. A paraganglioma was diagnosed on the basis of histopathological findings.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Atrial Septum / surgery
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures*
  • Cardiopulmonary Bypass
  • Chest Pain / etiology
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Echocardiography
  • Heart Neoplasms / complications
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Heart Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal / complications
  • Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal / diagnosis
  • Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal / surgery*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome