Right ventricular fibroma in a 61-year-old man.
We report on a 61-year-old man who presented with new negative T-waves in V3 to V5. Coronary heart disease with a nonsignificant stenosis of the anterior interventricular artery was known for three years without any symptoms of heart failure. Harvested endomyocardial biopsies of the left ventricle during catheterization showed a chronic parvovirus B19-associated myocarditis. A magnetic resonance imaging was carried out and showed a 6 x 3 x 3-cm mass in the right ventricle extending from the apex. The tumor could be completely resected using cardiopulmonary bypass. Histopathological diagnosis was consistent with a benign fibroma.
Krane
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Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, German Heart Center, Munich, Germany. krane@dhm.mhn.de
Bauernschmitt
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Voss
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Badiu
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Lange
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D004562:Electrocardiography; D005350:Fibroma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000150:complications / Q000821:virology; D010322:Parvoviridae Infections; D016732:Parvovirus B19, Human; D035583:Rare Diseases