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Intracardiac paragangliomas: surgical approach and perioperative management.
- Source :
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General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery [Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg] 2021 Mar; Vol. 69 (3), pp. 555-559. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Oct 19. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Intracardiac paragangliomas most commonly arise from the left atrium and are often infiltrative and densely adherent to surrounding structures. Given their rarity, only scattered reports exist in the literature and standardized perioperative and surgical management is not well established. We describe a case of a 60-year-old woman with a mildly functioning intracardiac paraganglioma in which division of the superior vena cava improved exposure and enabled a complex limited resection. Further, we provide an overview of the diagnostic workup, perioperative medical management, surgical approach, and surveillance strategy in patients with these challenging tumors.
- Subjects :
- Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Paraganglioma
Vena Cava, Superior
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1863-6713
- Volume :
- 69
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 33074472
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-020-01503-2