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January 17, 2023Journal of Cardiothoracic SurgeryOpen Access

Surgical resection was successful, with pathology confirming paraganglioma and 2-month follow-up CT showing no residual or new lesions.

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Population

A 31-year-old male patient with a left atrial mass presenting with cough

Design

Case report

Follow-up

Two months after the operation

Authors

QXQing XueYQYang QinqinFLFanglin Lu

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Overview

Reports rare left atrial cardiac PGL; leaves optimal genetic evaluation and surgical strategies open.

Structured PICO

P
Population
31-year-old male patient with a left atrial mass (intracardiac paraganglioma) presenting with cough
I
Intervention
Surgical resection
O
Outcome
Tumor removal and absence of recurrence on imaging

Cardiac paragangliomas are rare tumors that can present atypically with cough and are effectively treated with surgical resection following adequate preoperative preparation.

Cite This Study

Xue et al. (2023) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a87d05d514a20627548f54ahttps://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-022-02087-z
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