Anterior mediastinal paraganglioma: A case for preoperative embolization

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

John Lippert²  Geoff Blossom¹  Murtaza Shakir¹ 

[1] Department of Surgery, Riverside Methodist Hospital, 3535 Olentangy River Road, Columbus, OH, 43214-3998, USA;Department of Radiology, Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Riverside Methodist Hospital, 3525 Olentangy River Road, Columbus, OH, 43214, USA

关键词: CT-guided biopsy;    Surgical oncology;    Paraganglioma;   

Others  :  827589
DOI  :  10.1186/1477-7819-10-134

 received in 2011-09-14, accepted in 2012-06-02,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

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.

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Shakir et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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