Chemodectoma arising from the heart. [case report]
Makerere Medical Journal
; : 20-21, 1992.
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ABSTRACT
A case of chemodectoma from the heart in 39 year old hypertensive female African is reported. Tumour; measuring 8 x 4 x4 cms; was found autopsy firmly attached to the interventricular muscle and completely surrounding a segment of right coronary artery. The histology of the tumour was consistent with that of chemodectoma; an observation not; to the authors knowledge; hitherto reported in man though it has been reported in dogs
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Main subject:
Paraganglioma
/
Chemoreceptor Cells
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Heart Neoplasms
Language:
En
Journal:
Makerere Medical Journal
Year:
1992
type:
Article