Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
3-1998
Publication Source
Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine
Volume
12
Issue
2
Start Page
109
Last Page
115
DOI
10.1111/j.1939-1676.1998.tb02104.x
Abstract
Primary tumors of the left atrium are uncommon in dogs and tumor-specific diagnoses have been made only at necropsy. No reports have been found in which the diagnosis was confirmed antemortem and the tumor removed surgically. This report describes a case of obstructive paraganglioma in the left atrium of a dog and long-term survival after surgical removal of most of the tumor using cardiopulmonary bypass. Subsequently, scintigraphy demonstrated the presence of somatostatin receptors in residual tumor in the left atrium. The latter technique may be of value in establishing a definitive diagnosis in future cases of chemodectoma, extra-adrenal paraganglioma, or adrenal paraganglioma (phechromocytoma).
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Copyright © 1998 The Authors. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine.
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Recommended Citation
Buchanan, J. W., Boggs, L. S., Dewan, S., Regan, J., & Myers, N. C. (1998). Left Atrial Paraganglioma in a Dog: Echocardiography, Surgery, and Scintigraphy. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 12 (2), 109-115. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-1676.1998.tb02104.x
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Date Posted: 22 December 2016
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