Right ventricular myxoma originating from a papillary muscle: a case report.
Very few cases of ventricular myxoma originate from a papillary muscle. Patients with a cardiac myxoma and a history of colorectal carcinoma are also rare. Here, we present a case of an extremely large right ventricular myxoma that originated from the posteromedial papillary muscle in a patient with a history of colorectal carcinoma.
Department of Cardiology, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Rasool Akram General Hospital, Tehran, Iran.
Shokoufeh
S
Hajsadeghi
Department of Cardiology, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Rasool Akram General Hospital, Tehran, Iran.
Mahboubeh
M
Pazoki
Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Rasool Akram General Hospital, Tehran, Iran.
Vahan
V
Moradians
Department of Internal Medicine, Rasool Akram General Hospital, Tehran, Iran.
Aida
A
Iranpour
Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Shariati Hospital, Tehran, Iran.
Mohammad
M
Jebeli
Department of Pathology, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Rasool Akram General Hospital, Tehran, Iran.
Pegah
P
Babaheidarian
D000368:Aged; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D010210:Papillary Muscles
cardiac metastasis; echocardiography; myxoma