Cardiac paraganglioma: implications and impacts of a rare disease-a case report ^†.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tumour-producing catecholamines arise in the adrenal medulla (pheochromocytomas), as well as in extra-adrenal chromaffin cells (paragangliomas). The origin can be from any location; however, it is very rare in the heart.

Case summary

A 43-year-old woman with a history of arterial hypertension presented with dyspnoea on moderate exertion, New York Class Association (NYHA) functional classes III and IV, and oedema in the lower extremities. Medical and laboratory evaluation revealed an NT-proBNP of 6046 pg/mL, a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of 15%, longitudinal strain of -7%, and a mass located on the inner surface of the left atrioventricular groove. Surgical intervention was performed, and the tumour was resected. Pathological report showed an extra-ad

SUBMITTER: Bernal Torres W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10941256 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature