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November 8, 2017Human Pathology Case ReportsOpen Access

Histopathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of a nonfunctioning cardiac paraganglioma with an SDHB gene mutation in a patient presenting with chest pain.

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Population

43-year-old female with a cardiac paraganglioma presenting with ischemic and positional chest pains

Design

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Authors

ILIsraa LakloukMSMahmoud L. SolimanRPRobert Pistey

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Overview

May support including nonfunctioning cardiac paraganglioma in neoplasm differentials; single case leaves prevalence and management open.

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Population
43-year-old female with a cardiac paraganglioma presenting with ischemic and positional chest pains
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Outcome
Diagnosis of cardiac paraganglioma

Cardiac paragangliomas should be considered in the differential diagnosis of cardiac neoplasms, even when nonfunctional and lacking classic adrenergic manifestations.

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Laklouk et al. (2017) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a895608176d2ac34cfb9635https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehpc.2017.11.001
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