title: [Left ventricular myxoma - an unexpected cause of dyspnoea and fever in a young patient].
abstract: Primary cardiac tumours are rare. In 75% of cases, these are benign, mainly myxomas. The present case study describes a patient with an impressive epidemiological history, examined at a department of infectious diseases for progressing dyspnoea and subfebrile states. As part of differential diagnosis, the patient was sent for cardiological examination. Echocardiography unexpectedly revealed tumour of the left ventricle that explained patients symptomatology. The tumour was then quickly removed using right minithoracotomy and histology confirmed myxoma. The patient was, also due to the mini-invasive nature of the intervention, discharged from the hospital to home care on the 4th day of hospitalization with practically no complaints.
authors.affiliation: Kardiologie Nemocnice Ceske Budejovice. tomas.sattran@seznam.cz
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sattran
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Toušek
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pešl
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mokráček
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*