Aortopulmonary Paraganglioma

Resection of paraganglioma of the aortopulmonary window is challenging

Published in Cardiovascular Week, August 4th, 2003

Resection of paraganglioma of the aortopulmonary window is challenging.

"Aortopulmonary paraganglioma is a rare tumor of the mediastinum," scientists in Brazil report.

"The only effective treatment is complete resection, which may pose a surgical challenge because of its proximity to the heart, great vessels, and trachea, often rendering a complete resection difficult to achieve," wrote C.F. Andrade and colleagues, Pavilhao Pereira Filho Santa Casa Porto Alegre.

"We report a case in which the tumor was excised under cardiopulmonary bypass and resulted in massive bleeding only controlled by means of packing the pleural cavity...

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