title: Primary cardiac paraganglioma. Case report and review of surgically treated cases.
abstract: A 58 year old man with an infiltrating non-resectable left atrial paraganglioma was diagnosed by sternotomy and open biopsy. The patient remains symptom free 16 months after the operation. No evidence of an increase in the size of the tumour has been detected by echocardiography. The literature regarding surgically treated patients with cardiac paragangliomas is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital N. S. Pino, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Abad
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jiménez
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Santana
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Coello
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Acosta
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hernández
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Feijoo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Díaz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rodriguez-Pérez
mesh_terms: D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010235:Paraganglioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014463:Ultrasonography