Right ventricular myxoma: A case report
| Autor: | Natasa Kovacevic-Kostic, Biljana Parapid, Dragutin Savic, Vesna Bozic, Milos Velinovic, Radmila Karan, Aleksandar Mikic, Biljana Obrenovic-Kircanski, Mile Vranes, Petar Djukic |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
diagnosis Heart Ventricles Transesophageal echocardiogram Diagnosis Differential Multidetector Computed Tomography medicine Ventricular outflow tract Humans Pharmacology (medical) Ventricular Myxoma Systole echocardiography transesophageal cardiac surgical procedures heart neoplasms Aged lcsh:R5-920 Surgical approach medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Myxoma Echogenicity medicine.disease Echocardiography Doppler Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Ventricle cardiovascular system treatment outcome myxoma Radiology business lcsh:Medicine (General) Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Vojnosanitetski Pregled, Vol 70, Iss 6, Pp 609-611 (2013) |
| ISSN: | 0042-8450 |
| Popis: | Introduction. Myxomas arising from the right ventricle are extremely rare. Case report. We presented a 71-year-old patient with worsening symptoms of the exertional dyspnea and atypical chest pains lasting 6 months. A transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiogram revealed a large, 2.6 x 2.2 cm, ovoid, well-circumscribed, echogenic mass in the right ventricle outflow tract attached by small pedicle, partly obstructing the right ventricular outflow tract and protruding through the pulmonic valve during systole. The tumor was completely removed with the stalk and 5 mm of the surrounding tissue. The histopathological findings confirmed the diagnosis of myxoma. Conclusion. This case illustrates the usefulness of echocardiography both in diagnosis of patients with atypical symptoms without family history and associated syndromes (like Carney?s complex), and in surgical approach planning. It also stresses the importance of surgical excision of tumor as soon as possible following the diagnosis to prevent the complications such are: valvular obstruction, pulmonary embolization and syncopes. |
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