Mediastinal paraganglioma irrigated by coronary vessels in a patient with an atypical chest pain.
We present a case of non-functioning anterior mediastinal paraganglioma in a 61-year-old woman. The tumour was accidentally discovered on a coronary angiography performed in an atypical precordial pain and dyspnea. The coronary angiography showed a vascular tumour in the paraaortic localization irrigated from two branches of coronary arteries. Diagnosis was confirmed by a thoracic tomographic scan which revealed an anterior mediastinal tumour. Complete tumour resection was done through a sternotomy with extracorporeal circulation without cardiac arrest. The histological examination of the operative specimen was characteristic of paraganglioma.
D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010235:Paraganglioma / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography