Cor Vasa 2023, 65(4):692-697 | DOI: 10.33678/cor.2023.002

(Extremely rare intrapericardial location of paraganglioma)

Jaroslav Zajíc^a, Aleš Mokráček^b, Ladislav Pešl^a, Jiří Haniš^a, Dita Schaffelhoferová^a

^a Kardiologické oddělení, Kardiocentrum, Nemocnice České Budějovice, a.s., České Budějovice

^b Kardiochirurgické oddělení, Kardiocentrum, Nemocnice České Budějovice, a.s., České Budějovice

Cardiac paragangliomas are a very rare primary location of paraganglioma. Approximately 1-2% of paragangliomas occur in the chest, less than 0.3% are cardiac locations. We report the case of a patient with a cardiac paraganglioma, which was an accidental finding during an echocardiographic examination. As the tumor did not show signs of hormone production before the operation, this type of rare tumor was not thought of and the diagnosis was made only on the basis of histological examination.

Keywords: Acute conditions, Heart tumors, Hypertension, Paraganglioma

Received: December 12, 2022; Revised: December 12, 2022; Accepted: January 15, 2023; Published: September 1, 2023  Show citation