title: [A case of right ventricular myxoma].
abstract: A 43-year-old male presented with a history of occasional syncopal episodes and general fatigue for 4 months. On admission, a grade 4/6 systolic murmur was noted, and the electrocardiogram demonstrated frequent premature supraventricular beats. An echocardiogram revealed the presence of a multi-lobular mass in the right ventricle which prolapsed into the pulmonary artery during systole. Ultrafast computed tomography demonstrated a pedunculated mass arising from the right ventricular free well. At operation, the soft mass was excised through the tricuspid valve under cardiac arrest. Histopathologically, the tumor was diagnosed as a myxoma. Myxoma of the right ventricle occurs very rare. We review the literature relevant to cardiac myxoma.
authors.affiliation: Osaka City General Hospital, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takanashi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishizawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaneko
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009232:Myxoma / Q000601:surgery*