| Literature DB >> 24987268 |
Gesa Wiegand1, Ludger Sieverding1, Ulrich Kramer2, Susanne Haen3, Michael Hofbeck1.
Abstract
A 10-year-old girl presented with a supraventricular tachycardia. A heart murmur was detected during a clinical examination; therefore, echocardiography was performed. This revealed a giant right ventricular myxoma that subtotally obstructed the right ventricular outflow tract. A myxoma in the right ventricle is uncommon in children. This rare intracardiac tumor was examined using multimodality imaging, and the patient underwent surgical resection. The pathologic features confirmed our suspicion and revealed an encapsulated tumor with myxomatoid stroma containing focal hemorrhages.Entities:
Keywords: Pediatric cardiology; cardiac tumor; myxoma; right ventricle
Year: 2014 PMID: 24987268 PMCID: PMC4070211 DOI: 10.4103/0974-2069.132519
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann Pediatr Cardiol ISSN: 0974-5149