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10-18-18 MIBG/CT combined scan demonstrating the subcarinal paraganglioma.
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Fig. 1, Fig. 2 based on preoperative trans-thoracic echocardiography and cross-sectional imaging, there appeared to be a well-defined plane between the mass and the left atrial wall.
1/9/19 Intraoperative Trans-Esophageal Echocardiography (TEE): (long axis, showing pulmonary vein compressed by mass and mitral valve in near vicinity).
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Intra-operative trans-esophageal echocardiography confirmed involvement with the left atrium, which precluded a minimally invasive resection (Fig. 3, Fig. 4).