title: [Acute cardiac failure revealing a paraganglioma].
abstract: Therapy of cardiomyopathy is usually symptomatic. So, the etiology is often only superficially investigated. However, because of their curability, rare causes must be sought for. We report a case of acute cardiac failure in a young female patient with severe hypertension of recent onset. Urinary catecholamines analysis and medical imaging demonstrated a paraaortic paraganglioma. After coelioscopic resection, cardiac function recovered.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie, Université de Liège.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martin y Porras
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hamoir
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Defechereux
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Delhougne
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kulbertus
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001011:Aorta / Q000473:pathology*; D002303:Cardiac Output, Low / Q000209:etiology*; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000652:urine; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology; D010235:Paraganglioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D002395:Catecholamines