Surgical treatment of cardiac pheochromocytoma: a case report.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.11.029.
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Abstract
Primary cardiac pheochromocytoma is an extremely rare neoplasm. We report a 15-year-old girl who was presented with paroxysmal hypertension. An iodine-131 metaiodobenzylguanidine scintigraphy scanning showed a pheochromocytoma in her right atrial and ventricular wall. The tumor was subsequently confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging and coronary angiogram. This patient underwent a successful surgical resection of the tumor, a reconstruction of the atrial ventricular wall and right coronary artery bypass grafting. Her blood pressure remained normal thereafter. A follow-up coronary angiogram revealed a patent saphenous vein graft 4 months after the operation.
Medical subject headings
- Cardiac Surgical Procedures
- Diagnostic Imaging
- Heart Neoplasms
- Pheochromocytoma
- Plastic Surgery Procedures