RESUMEN
A primary cardiac paraganglioma was identified in a 59-year-old Caucasian male who complained of palpitations and chest pain. The neoplasm (4.7 cm in diameter) was surgically excised from the left posterior atrium. Adriamycin-based adjuvant chemotherapy was administered. The patient returned to his normal activities. There is no evidence of recurrence or metastasis after two years and nine months.
Asunto(s)
Neoplasias Cardíacas/patología , Paraganglioma/patología , Antibióticos Antineoplásicos , Quimioterapia Adyuvante , Doxorrubicina/uso terapéutico , Estudios de Seguimiento , Atrios Cardíacos , Neoplasias Cardíacas/diagnóstico , Neoplasias Cardíacas/cirugía , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Paraganglioma/diagnóstico , Paraganglioma/cirugía , Resultado del TratamientoRESUMEN
Myiasis is a rare infestation of any part of the body by larvae of Diptera. Cutaneous myiasis, the most common form seen in tropical climates of Central America, South America and Africa, are extremely rare in the United States. An extraordinary case of cutaneous myiasis was seen in Hot Springs in a 71-year-old healthy white male upon his return from the rain forest of Costa Rica. Manual extraction of one of the larvae by the patient and surgical excision of three other separate subcutaneous larvae were diagnostic and therapeutic in this case.