title: Primary cardiac pheochromocytoma involving both right and left atria.
abstract: Pheochromocytomas are catecholamine-producing paragangliomas derived from the neural crest. Primary cardiac pheochromocytoma is extremely rare. We describe a case of cardiac pheochromocytoma involving both right and left atria in a middle-aged woman. Metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) scintiscan results were normal, but results from an octreotide scan were abnormal. The tumor was successfully resected using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB).
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China PR.
authors.forename: Xingrong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Qi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Miao
authors.forename: Heng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Chaoji
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Lihua
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Guotao
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Zhengpei
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zeng
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D019028:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine; D008875:Middle Aged; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed