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Acta Endocrinol (Buchar)
January 2025
All India Institute of Medical Science, Department of Pathology & Lab Medicine, Mangalagiri, Guntur, India.
Unlabelled: Urinary Bladder paraganglioma accounts for 0.06% of all bladder tumors and 1% of all pheochromocytoma. Most tumors are localized at the dome or trigone and are unifocal.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMedicine (Baltimore)
January 2025
Ultrasound Medical Center, Second Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Rationale: Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma (CPF) is a rare cardiac tumor that can lead to severe and potentially fatal complications such as stroke, myocardial infarction, and sudden cardiac death. The rarity of CPF makes it challenging for clinicians to diagnose and treat, highlighting the importance of timely and accurate diagnosis to prevent catastrophic outcomes. This case report aims to contribute to the clinical understanding of CPF involving the mitral valve (MV), providing insights into diagnosis and treatment strategies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJACC Case Rep
December 2024
Division of Cardiac Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
This report discusses the case of a 57-year-old woman with a history of breast cancer and gastric cancer, germline CDH1 gene mutation, who presented to the hospital with syncope. Diagnostic workup revealed a mass in the right ventricular outflow tract. Transcatheter biopsy suggested papillary fibroelastoma, which was confirmed with surgical pathology.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCardiol Young
January 2025
Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Objective: Syncope is common among pediatric patients and is rarely pathologic. The mechanisms for symptoms during exercise are less well understood than the resting mechanisms. Additionally, inert gas rebreathing analysis, a non-invasive examination of haemodynamics including cardiac output, has not previously been studied in youth with neurocardiogenic syncope.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Saudi Heart Assoc
December 2024
Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology Division, Specialized Pediatric Hospital, Cairo University, Egypt.
Objectives: To assess the outcome of pediatric pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and to identify the predictors of morbidity and mortality of this progressive disease.
Patients And Methods: This prospective observational cohort study was conducted on consecutive pediatric patients with PAH. Medical history was taken with a grading of the WHO functional class as well as the serum N-terminal pro-BNP (NT pro-BNP), 6 min' walk test (6MWT), and echocardiography at the initial assessment and at follow-up.
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