Anterior mediastinal paraganglioma: A case for preoperative embolization

BACKGROUND: Paraganglioma is a rare but highly vascular tumor of the anterior mediastinum. Surgical resection is a challenge owing to the close proximity to vital structures including the heart, trachea and great vessels. Preoperative embolization has been reported once to facilitate surgical treatm...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Shakir, Murtaza, Blossom, Geoff, Lippert, John
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3488520/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22759641
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-10-134
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Paraganglioma is a rare but highly vascular tumor of the anterior mediastinum. Surgical resection is a challenge owing to the close proximity to vital structures including the heart, trachea and great vessels. Preoperative embolization has been reported once to facilitate surgical treatment. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of anterior mediastinal paraganglioma that was embolized preoperatively, and was resected without the need for cardiopulmonary bypass and without major bleeding complications. CONCLUSION: We make a case to further the role of preoperative embolization in the treatment of mediastinal paragangliomas.

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