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Neuroendocrine tumour with Tetralogy of Fallot: a case report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2020

Harapriya Balasubramanian*
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, MIOT Centre for Children’s Cardiac Care, MIOT Hospitals,Chennai, India
Ragavan Munisamy
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Surgery, MIOT Hospitals, Chennai, India
Robert Coelho
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Cardiac Surgery, MIOT Centre for Children’s Cardiac Care, MIOT Hospitals, Chennai, India
*
Author for correspondence: Harapriya Balasubramanian, MIOT Centre for Children’s Cardiac Care, MIOT Hospitals, 4/112, Mount Poonamallee high road, Manapakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu600089, India. Tel: +919840984475. E-mail: drharapriya@gmail.com

Abstract

Paragangliomas occurring with cyanotic heart disease is a known association. We present a case of an active paraganglioma in a child with unoperated Tetralogy of Fallot, which posed a management challenge considering the pathophysiology of both these conditions.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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