Right ventricular myxoma causing pulmonary outflow tract obstruction

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2012 Mar;14(3):362-3. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivr112. Epub 2011 Dec 16.

Abstract

A patient presented with shortness of breath, lethargy and weight loss. A computerized tomography and echocardiogram showed a mass in the right ventricle nearly obstructing the pulmonary valve during systole and prolapsing into the main pulmonary artery. The mass was completely excised. Histology was that of a typical myxoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echocardiography
  • Echocardiography, Doppler, Color
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Heart Neoplasms / complications*
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Heart Neoplasms / surgery
  • Heart Ventricles
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myxoma / complications*
  • Myxoma / diagnosis
  • Myxoma / surgery
  • Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / diagnosis
  • Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / etiology*
  • Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed