Key result
Two-step resection of a carotid glomus tumor and left atrial paraganglioma yields no 1-year recurrence.
Why the study?
Cardiac paraganglioma is extremely rare, accounting for 0.8% of primary benign cardiac tumours, and its combination with an extracardiac glomus tumour is an exceedingly rare occurrence.
Case Report (n=1)
Surgical resection of a rare combined carotid glomus tumour and left atrial paraganglioma can be performed successfully with no recurrence at 1 year.
The most common tumour of the heart is myxoma but paraganglioma (also called glomus tumour in extracardiac sites) in the cardiac position is the rarest of them. While this tumour accounts for 0.8% of all primary benign tumours, the combination of both neoplasms is an exceedingly rare occurrence. Herein, we present a case of combined carotid glomus tumour and left atrial paraganglioma tumour in which respiratory distress was the presenting symptom of cardiac type but carotid tumour was asymptomatic. The case underwent a two-step resection of the neck and cardiac mass with an uncomplicated postoperative course and in the 1year follow-up, no recurrence of tumour in both sites was found on physical exam and imaging studies.
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Sabzi et al. (2022) conducted a case report in Combined cardiac and carotid glomus tumour (paraganglioma) (n=1). Two-step surgical resection was evaluated on Tumor recurrence and symptom resolution. A two-step surgical resection of a combined carotid glomus tumor and left atrial paraganglioma resulted in an uncomplicated postoperative course with no recurrence at 1-year follow-up.
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