Resection of secreting cardiac pheochromocytoma with and without cardiopulmonary bypass

Mehdi Bamous; Roland Henaine; Fabrice Wautot; Joseph Ngola; Pierre Lantelme; Jean Ninet

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.03.095

Resection of secreting cardiac pheochromocytoma with and without cardiopulmonary bypass

Ann Thorac Surg. 2010 Jul;90(1):e1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.03.095.

Authors

Mehdi Bamous¹, Roland Henaine, Fabrice Wautot, Joseph Ngola, Pierre Lantelme, Jean Ninet

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, C. Luis Pradel Hospital, Claude Bernard Lyon I University, Lyon, France. mehdibamous@hotmail.com

PMID: 20609732
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.03.095

Abstract

We report two cases of cardiac pheochromocytoma, the first with superior vena cava obstruction and the second involving the left atrium and extending to the posterior wall of the aorta. Both tumors were resected with disease-free margins, with and without the use of cardiopulmonary bypass, respectively. The patients remain asymptomatic at 8-year and 1-year follow-ups, respectively.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Cardiopulmonary Bypass*
Female
Heart Neoplasms / complications
Heart Neoplasms / surgery*
Humans
Hypertension / etiology
Male
Pheochromocytoma / complications
Pheochromocytoma / surgery*
Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / etiology