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16 April 2019

Acute myocardial infarction as the first manifestation of paraganglioma

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Paragangliomas (PGLs) are extra-adrenal neuroendocrine tumors, classified as sympathetic or parasympathetic according to their origin in the paraganglia of the autonomic nervous system. Sympathetic PGLs are mostly functional, presenting in a variable and non-specific way. We report a case of PGL, which was diagnosed further to an investigation of acute myocardial infarction in a postpartum woman, highlighting that the absence of typical symptoms may delay the diagnosis.

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Acute myocardial infarction as the first manifestation of paraganglioma. (2019). Italian Journal of Medicine, 13(2), 124-127. https://doi.org/10.4081/itjm.2019.1115