Review Article

Management of Hypertension in Intrapericardial Paraganglioma

Table 1

Published case reports of intrapericardial paraganglioma in 1994–2013.

AuthorsYear No. of PtsSymptomsTumour locationCatechol. secretion increaseTreatmentHypertension after surgeryCPBP

Gonzale-Lopez et al. [25]20131Hered. Synd.Retroc.YesSurg.NoYes
Liu et al. [26]20131HT.Interatrial.YesSurg.NoYes
Wang et al. [27]20131HT.R.A.n.s.Surg.NoYes
Tracy and Wein [28]20131Hered. Synd.R.A.Yesn.s.n.s.n.s.
Ramlawi et al. [9]20127  Pts71% L.A.NoSurg.NoYes
Marshall et al. [29]20121HT.R.A.YesSurg.NoYes
Huo et al. [30]20122PalpitationL.A.; R.A.YesSurg.NoYes
Aki et al. [31]20121Chest pain INT. SEPT.n.s.Surg.n.s.Yes
Beroukhim et al. [32]20121PalpitationPulm. Art.n.s.Surg.n.s.n.s.
Imperatori et al. [23]20111HT.INT. PERIC. YesSurg.NoNo
Al-Githmi et al. [33]20101Chest painAortic rootn.s.Surg.n.s.Yes
Cong et al. [34]20111HT.INT. PERIC.YesSurg.Non.s.
Ceresa et al. [35]20101HT.L.A.YesSurg.NoYes
Petersen et al. [36]20101PalpitationsL.A.YesSurg.n.s.Yes
Gómez et al. [37]20101Resp. infect.L.A.n.s.Surg.NoNo
Rana et al. [38]20091HT.INT. PERIC.YesSurg.n.s.No
Lorusso et al. [7]20091Chest painL.V.NoSurg.n.s.Yes
Zhou et al. [39]20091HT.R.A.; R.V.YesSurg.NoYes
Tahir et al. [40]20091Chest painR.A.NoSurg.n.s.Yes
Thomas et al. [41]20091 HT.R.A.YesSurg.Non.s.
Alghamdi et al. [42]20091NoneINT. PERIC.n.s.Surg.Non.s.
Lee et al. [43]20091NoneINT. PERIC.n.s.Surg.n.s.n.s.
Brown et al. [6]200814 HT.HeartYesSurg.
Vicente et al. [10]20081WheezingL.A.NoSurg.n.s.No
Hawari et al. [44]20081Chest painR.V.NoSurg.NoYes
Ali et al. [45]20071HT.INT. PERIC.n.s.Surg.n.s.n.s.
Maxey et al. [46]20071PalpitationsINT. SEPT.n.s.Surg.n.s.Yes
Yuan et al. [47]20071HT.R.A.YesSurg.Non.s.
Imren et al. [48]20071HT.L.A.n.s.Surg.n.s.Yes
Jimenez et al. [49]20051PalpitationL.A.n.s.CHTNoNo
Turley et al. [50]20051Chest painINT. SEPT.NoSurg.NoYes
Moorjani et al. [51]20041HT.L.A.YesSurg.NoYes
Lupinski et al. [52]20041HT.R.V.YesSurg.YesYes
Boumzebra et al. [53]20021NoneINT. PERIC.n.s.Surg.n.s.Yes
Tekin et al. [54]20001DysphagiaL.A.NoSurg.n.s.n.s.
Pickering et al. [55]20001HT.R.V.YesSurg.NoYes
Dresler et al. [56]19981HT.L.A.n.s.Surg.n.s.Yes
Hamilton et al. [5] 199712HT.83% L.A. Yes
Surg.
n.s.
Cane et al. [57] 20121n.s.INT. SEPT.n.s.Surg.n.s.n.s.
Casanova et al. [58]19961HT.INT. PERIC.YesSurg.NoYes
Williams et al. [59]19941n.s.INT. PERIC.n.s.Surg.NoNo
Gomi et al. [60]19941HT.L.A.YesSurg.NoYes

Pts: patients; CPBP: cardiopulmonary bypass; Hered. Synd.: hereditary syndrome; Retroc.: retrocardiac; HT.: hypertension; n.s.: not specified; R.A.: right atrium; L.A.: left atrium; INT. SEPT.: interatrial septum; INT. PERIC.: intrapericardial; L.V.: left ventricular; R.V.: right ventricular; CHT: chemotherapy.