A young patient with heart failure was diagnosed with extra-adrenal paraganglioma: a case report

BACKGROUND: We present a case of pelvic paraganglioma that presented with heart failure as the primary symptom. CASE PRESENTATION: A 35-year-old man was admitted to hospital due to heart failure. Contrast-enhanced pelvic CT showed mass shadows in the posterior wall of the bladder and multiple enlarg...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Jing, Cao, Lihua, Yan, Lina, Jin, Cong, Zhang, Dan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9801580/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36581844
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-022-03026-5
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: We present a case of pelvic paraganglioma that presented with heart failure as the primary symptom. CASE PRESENTATION: A 35-year-old man was admitted to hospital due to heart failure. Contrast-enhanced pelvic CT showed mass shadows in the posterior wall of the bladder and multiple enlarged lymph nodes in the retroperitoneal area. Ultrasound-guided puncture was performed, and the pathologic diagnosis was extra-adrenal paraganglioma. The patient refused any chemotherapy and died within six months of diagnosis. CONCLUSION: The possibility of neuroendocrine-related tumors, for example paragangliomas, should be considered in young patients with heart failure, especially those with concomitant hypertension and diabetes.

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