title: On-pump beating resection of cardiac pheochromocytoma.
abstract: We describe the case of 34-year-old woman with a cardiac pheochromocytoma that was diagnosed by scintigraphy using iodine-131 metaiodobenzylguanidine. For preoperative evaluation, we chose multidetector computed tomography instead of coronary angiography, for fear that catheter manipulation might trigger catecholamine release from the tumor; it showed that no major coronary artery branches run through the tumor. The tumor resection was carried out safely with the use of cardiopulmonary bypass and without cardiac arrest.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kaku
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
mesh_terms: D019797:3-Iodobenzylguanidine; D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019797:3-Iodobenzylguanidine
keywords: Cardiopulmonary bypass; catecholamines; heart neoplasms; multidetector computed tomography; pheochromocytoma