Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.  2020 Apr;53(2):86-88. 10.5090/kjtcs.2020.53.2.86.

Functional Intracardiac Paraganglioma

• Chung Y
• Choi JW
• Kim KH

• KMID: 2502540
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2020.53.2.86

Abstract

A 39-year-old man presented to the department of emergency medicine in Seoul National University Hospital complaining of chest pain, heart palpitation, and headache. Upon arrival, a computed tomography scan showed a 7.0 cm×6.2 cm lesion with the typical features of a paraganglioma. The patient was treated with an alpha-blocker and a beta-blocker prior to surgical intervention. We removed the tumor successfully, and histopathologic findings indicated that the tumor was indeed a paraganglioma. Since intracardiac paraganglioma is a rare disease, we present this case together with a literature review.

Keyword

Heart neoplasms; Paraganglioma; Hypertension