title: Large right ventricular myxoma in a 79-year-old male.
abstract: A 79-year-old male, admitted because of severe dyspnea on exertion, showed echocardiographic findings of a large tumor in the dilated right ventricle. The right ventricular outflow tract was nearly occluded by the tumor mass, and the mass was attached to the interventricular septum by a pedicle. The tumor removal operation was successful. The size of the tumor was 40 mm x 90 mm, and the weight 70 g. Microscopic findings showed typical myxomatous tissue with high cellularity, and no malignancy was observed. This is the oldest reported patient with right ventricular myxoma which was cured by operation.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Division, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, Tokyo.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Soejima
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Niwa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Doi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nitta
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takamoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hiroe
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Marumo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shirai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000209:etiology; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery