%0 Journal Article %T Anterior mediastinal paraganglioma: A case for preoperative embolization %A Murtaza Shakir %A Geoff Blossom %A John Lippert %J World Journal of Surgical Oncology %D 2012 %I BioMed Central %R 10.1186/1477-7819-10-134 %X We report a case of anterior mediastinal paraganglioma that was embolized preoperatively, and was resected without the need for cardiopulmonary bypass and without major bleeding complications.We make a case to further the role of preoperative embolization in the treatment of mediastinal paragangliomas. %K Paraganglioma %K Surgical oncology %K CT-guided biopsy %U http://www.wjso.com/content/10/1/134/abstract