title: Large primary right ventricular teratoma in an adult.
abstract: We report an unusual case of a 30-year-old man with a primary mature cystic teratoma in the right ventricle. This case constitutes the third case of primary intramyocardial teratoma in an adult and the first that describes its benign form. In this report, we discuss surgical implications of such a rare cardiac tumor.
authors.affiliation: Structural Heart and Valve Center, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Joseph B. Whitehead Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.affiliation: Structural Heart and Valve Center, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Joseph B. Whitehead Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Soh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hosoba
authors.affiliation: Structural Heart and Valve Center, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Joseph B. Whitehead Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iturra
authors.affiliation: Structural Heart and Valve Center, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Joseph B. Whitehead Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Elrond
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Teo
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Tanner Medical Center, Carrollton, Georgia.
authors.forename: Rajat
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jhanjee
authors.affiliation: Structural Heart and Valve Center, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Joseph B. Whitehead Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia. Electronic address: vthoura@emory.edu.
authors.forename: Vinod H
authors.initials: VH
authors.lastname: Thourani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013724:Teratoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D047368:Tumor Burden