title: Primary leiomyoma: a rare space occupying lesion in the right ventricle.
abstract: A case of primary cardiac leiomyoma arising from the infundibulum of the right ventricle of a 24-year-old woman is presented. The mass protruded into the cavity of the right ventricle and caused severe right ventricular outflow tract obstruction. We resected the tumor under cardiopulmonary bypass successfully, and confirmed it histologically to be a benign leiomyoma. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first case report of a primary cardiac leiomyoma in an adult woman.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Long
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Wei-chao
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Xin-min
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jian-guo
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China. Electronic address: longsong129@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Li-ming
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D035583:Rare Diseases; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
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