[Primary myxoma of the pulmonary artery. Clinical report].
The cardiac myxoma is a benign clinical entity, characterised by the growth of a gelatinous mass composed by primary connective tissue and stroma, representing the most common cardiac tumour. Usually found within one of the cardiac chambers, it affects the left atrium in 75% of the cases. Rare cases in literature describe extra-cardiac locations of myxomas. In this paper, the authors report the clinical case of a patient with a primary myxoma of the pulmonary artery.
Departamento de Cardiologia do Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia.
Rodolfo
R
Pereira
Nelson
N
Santos
José
J
Cascarejo
Aníbal
A
Albuquerque
Luís
L
Vouga
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery