Combined left thoracoscopic and median sternotomy approach to resect aortopulmonary mediastinal paraganglioma following feeding artery embolization: a case report

Abstract Background Aortopulmonary mediastinal paragangliomas are rare. Complete resection of the tumor is desirable regardless of tumor size in view of the risk of sudden death induced by adjacent organ compression and poor prognosis after partial resection or untreated observation. Due to the hype...

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Published in:	Surgical Case Reports
Main Authors:	Kota Itagaki, Hirotsugu Notsuda, Tomoyuki Suzuki, Ryota Tanaka, Hiroki Kamada, Kei Omata, Yuta Tezuka, Hideki Ota, Yoshinori Okada, Yoshikatsu Saiki
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Japan Surgical Society 2022-09-01
Subjects:	Paraganglioma Aortopulmonary mediastinal paraganglioma Intrathoracic paraganglioma Aortic body tumor SDHD Pheochromocytoma
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s40792-022-01534-2