title: [Isolated right ventricular myxoma: report of a clinical case].
abstract: A clinical case of a 14 years old white female with asthenia and easy fatigue of two months duration is presented. The two-dimensional echocardiography study has identified a tumorous and homogeneous mass filling completely the right ventricle. During the cardiac surgery and with the help of extemporaneous biopsy the real nature of the tumor was confirmed-cardiac myxoma. In this report the authors discuss the incidence of cardiac tumors and particularly cardiac myxomas and point out the rarity of isolated myxomas in the right ventricle.
authors.affiliation: Hospital de São João do Porto.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Puig
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Macedo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vieira
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: van Zeller
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery