title: Primary cardiac paraganglioma with dual coronary blood supply presenting with angina chest pain.
abstract: Primary cardiac paraganglioma (pheochromocytoma) is very rare, constituting only 1% of cardiac tumours. A case of a 44-year-old woman presenting with angina chest pain and a tumour with dual blood supply from both the right and left coronary arteries is reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. algithmi@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Iskander
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Al-Githmi
authors.forename: Ghassan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Baslaim
authors.forename: Nadia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Batawil
mesh_terms: D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000209:etiology*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000150:complications; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D010235:Paraganglioma / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome