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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg
; 24(4): 662-4, 2003 Oct.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-14500098
RESUMO
We present a case of non-functioning anterior mediastinal paraganglioma in a 61-year-old woman. The tumour was accidentally discovered on a coronary angiography performed in an atypical precordial pain and dyspnea. The coronary angiography showed a vascular tumour in the paraaortic localization irrigated from two branches of coronary arteries. Diagnosis was confirmed by a thoracic tomographic scan which revealed an anterior mediastinal tumour. Complete tumour resection was done through a sternotomy with extracorporeal circulation without cardiac arrest. The histological examination of the operative specimen was characteristic of paraganglioma.