Cardiac Paraganglioma

Alexandros P. Patrianakos, MD; Dimitrios Iliopoulos, MD; Maria Marketou, MD; Emmanouil I. Skalidis, MD; Fragiskos I. Parthenakis, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Feb 2021)

Cardiac Paraganglioma

Alexandros P. Patrianakos, MD,
Dimitrios Iliopoulos, MD,
Maria Marketou, MD,
Emmanouil I. Skalidis, MD,
Fragiskos I. Parthenakis, MD

Affiliations

Alexandros P. Patrianakos, MD: Cardiology Department, University Hospital, Heraklion, Crete, Greece; Address for correspondence: Dr. Patrianakos Alexandros, Heraklion University Hospital Staurakia, Voutes, Krete 71110, Greece.
Dimitrios Iliopoulos, MD: Ygeia Hospital, Athens Greece
Maria Marketou, MD: Cardiology Department, University Hospital, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Emmanouil I. Skalidis, MD: Cardiology Department, University Hospital, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Fragiskos I. Parthenakis, MD: Cardiology Department, University Hospital, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 2
pp. 273 – 275

Abstract

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Paragangliomas are rare tumors of chromaffin cells arising from an extra-adrenal location. Unlike pheochromocytomas, they are seldom functional. We present a case of pericardial paraganglioma incidentally encountered on an echocardiographic study, focusing on the characteristic features the tumor demonstrates on different imaging modalities. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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