title: Reversible pulmonary hypertension in adolescent with left atrial myxoma.
abstract: We report a patient of left atrial huge myxoma presenting with severe pulmonary hypertension in adolescents. A patient was a 14-year-old boy presented with sudden onset dyspnea. Transthoracic echocardiographic study revealed the presence of a nodular, 4.34 × 8.11 cm sized, mobile, hyperechoic mass in the left atrium and severe pulmonary hypertension with tricuspid insufficiency. After surgical therapy, tricuspid regurgitation and pulmonary hypertension was decreased and the patient was stabilized and had an uneventful clinical course.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Daegu Catholic University Medical Center, Daegu, Korea.
authors.forename: Byong-Kyu
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jung-Nam
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Hye-Jin
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Seung-Pyo
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Ja-Yung
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Son
authors.forename: Jin-Bae
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jae-Keun
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Ryu
authors.forename: Ji-Yong
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Sung-Guk
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Kee-Sik
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Kim