title: Cardiac paraganglioma.
abstract: Cardiac paragangliomas are rare tumors arising from chromaffin cells. Two patients with cardiac paragangliomas underwent surgical resection with no evidence of recurrence three and 13 years following surgery. This report describes these two patients with cardiac paragangliomas and discusses their management.
authors.affiliation: General Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
authors.forename: Awad A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: El-Ashry
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Cerfolio
authors.forename: Satinder P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McGiffin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D019439:Chromaffin Cells; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010235:Paraganglioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D056346:Sternotomy; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor