Why the study?
Cardiac paraganglioma is a rare neuroendocrine tumor with persistent catecholamine secretion causing atypical symptoms, requiring surgical treatment experience sharing.
Case Report (n=1)
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This case report details the surgical strategy for managing a rare, hormonally active primary cardiac paraganglioma in a young woman.
May guide individualized management of rare cardiac paragangliomas; leaves open need for long-term multicenter validation.
Cardiac paraganglioma is a kind of rare neuroendocrine tumor characterized by the persistent secretion of catecholamines. Under excessive exposure of catecholamines, some atypical symptoms are presented, including hypertension, arrhythmias, and headache. The case of surgical treatment of a 28-year-old woman with primary cardiac paraganglioma is presented for experience sharing and surgical skill improvements.
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Wang et al. (2022) conducted a case report in Primary cardiac paraganglioma (n=1). Surgical resection, pulmonary artery reconstruction, and CABG was evaluated on Surgical success and symptom resolution.
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