Abstract |
A 28-year-old male presenting with a hypertensive crisis was found to have synchronous right atrial and retrocaval masses. Serum normetadrenaline was elevated in keeping with functional paragangliomas. After preoperative optimization both masses were successfully excised, including a saphenous vein graft to the right coronary artery. Serum catecholamines returned to the normal range postoperatively and all antihypertensive therapy was ceased.
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Authors | Lachlan Marshall, Pallav Shah, Shinn Yeung, Julie Mundy |
Journal | The Annals of thoracic surgery
(Ann Thorac Surg)
Vol. 93
Issue 5
Pg. e115-7
(May 2012)
ISSN: 1552-6259 [Electronic] Netherlands |
PMID | 22541232
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
Topics |
- Adult
- Combined Modality Therapy
- Coronary Angiography
(methods)
- Echocardiography, Doppler
- Follow-Up Studies
- Heart Atria
(pathology, surgery)
- Heart Neoplasms
(diagnosis, surgery)
- Humans
- Hypertension, Malignant
(diagnosis, etiology)
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
(methods)
- Male
- Neoplasms, Multiple Primary
(diagnosis, surgery)
- Paraganglioma
(diagnosis, surgery)
- Positron-Emission Tomography
(methods)
- Rare Diseases
- Retroperitoneal Neoplasms
(diagnosis, surgery)
- Risk Assessment
- Treatment Outcome
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