학술논문

Intrapericardial Paraganglioma Directly Irrigated by the Right Coronary Artery.
Document Type
Article
Source
Journal of Cardiac Surgery. Nov/Dec2008, Vol. 23 Issue 6, p780-782. 3p. 2 Black and White Photographs.
Subject
*CORONARY artery surgery
*ANGIOGRAPHY
*DISEASES in older women
*MAGNETIC resonance imaging
*VENA cava superior
*HISTOPATHOLOGY
Language
ISSN
0886-0440
Abstract
We present a case of a nonfunctioning intrapericardial paraganglioma that presented as a typical chest pain in a 51-year-old woman. The tumor was initially diagnosed on coronary angiography where it had direct irrigation from the right coronary artery. Further computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging scans showed significant compression of the superior vena cava by the tumor. This was excised through median sternotomy and extracorporeal circulation. Histopathological examination of the mass was characteristic of a paraganglioma. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]