RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Intrapericardial paraganglioma
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 1278
OP 1280
VO 23
IS 10
A1 Drissi A. Boumzebra
A1 Zohair S. Charifchefchaouni
A1 Saad A. Belhadj
A1 Wajeh A. Maazouzi
A1 Zohair Y. Al-Halees
YR 2002
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/23/10/1278.abstract
AB We report a case of intrapericardial paraganglioma accidentally discovered during surgery for mixed mitral valve disease. The 6 cm tumor was located in the aorta-caval groove, adherent to the roof of the left atrium and compressing the superior vena cava. A biopsy of the mass established the histological diagnosis of a non pressor secreting paraganglioma. The tumor was resected 2 months after the original mitral valve surgery. The patient made an uneventful recovery and remains well 2 years after surgery.