title: Right ventricular myxoma obstructing the right ventricular outflow tract: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Primary cardiac tumors are uncommon during infancy and childhood. Myxomas originating from the right ventricle are even less common in pediatric patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Here we describe a case of an 11-year-old Tunisian boy who was referred for syncope. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed a large mobile mass attached to his right ventricle, obstructing his right ventricular outflow tract. Complete surgical excision of the mass with preservation of the pulmonary valve was performed. The diagnosis of myxoma was histologically confirmed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cardiac myxomas located in the right ventricular outflow tract are rare and can present unusual diagnostic and therapeutic challenges.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sahloul Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia. rym_gribaa@yahoo.fr.
authors.forename: Rym
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gribaa
authors.forename: Mehdi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Slim
authors.forename: Chokri
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kortas
authors.forename: Slim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kacem
authors.forename: Helmi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ben Salem
authors.forename: Sana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ouali
authors.forename: Elies
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Neffati
authors.forename: Fehmi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Remadi
authors.forename: Essia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Boughzela
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery