Right Atrial Paraganglioma: An Extremely Rare Primary Cardiac Neoplasm Mimicking Myxoma.
10.4250/jcu.2016.24.4.334
- Author:
Ashok GARG
1
;
Deepika MISHRA
;
Manish BANSAL
;
Hari Ram MAHARIA
;
Vikram GOYAL
Author Information
1. Department of Non-invasive Cardiology, Jaipur Heart Institute, Jaipur, India.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Cardiac mass;
Primary cardiac tumor;
Neural crest tumor;
Pheochromocytoma
- MeSH:
Adult;
Chest Pain;
Coronary Sinus;
Dyspnea;
Heart Atria;
Heart Neoplasms*;
Humans;
Immunohistochemistry;
Myxoma*;
Paraganglioma*;
Pheochromocytoma
- From:Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound
2016;24(4):334-336
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
In this report, we present a case of 35-year-old lady who had presented with atypical chest pain and exertional breathlessness for past six months. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiograms showed a well-circumscribed, echo-dense mass in the right atrium, attached to the interatrial septum at the level of atrioventricular junction and in the vicinity of coronary sinus ostium. She underwent successful resection of the cardiac mass. Histopathology revealed paraganglioma, which was reconfirmed by immunohistochemistry study. This represents an extremely rare presentation as primary cardiac tumors are 20-times less common than metastatic tumors and paraganglioma is one of the rarest primary cardiac tumors, accounting for < 1% of all cases.
