Right atrial paraganglioma: an unusual primary cardiac tumour.
We present a case of an unusual presentation of a rare primary cardiac tumour. There are no more than 50 previously reported cases of primary cardiac paraganglioma in the world literature and only a small proportion of these involve the right side of the heart. Diagnosis is difficult and surgical management is varied and complex.
Kennelly
Rory
R
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. James Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland. kennellyrory@yahoo.ie
Aziz
Rashid
R
Toner
Mary
M
Young
Vincent
V
D017023:Coronary Angiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010236:Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal / Q000175:diagnosis*