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A Case of Left Ventricular Masson’s Tumor: Not Every Heart Tumor Is a Myxoma

Masson’s tumor is a benign tumor that usually arises secondary to vascular trauma or thrombi, leading to vascular proliferation. Masson’s tumors are most commonly reported in the head, neck, and extremities. Cases in the heart are exceedingly rare, with most case reports describing the left atrium a...

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Autores principales: Panama, Gabriel, Martinez, Adolfo, Yavari, Majid, Saeed Al-Asad, Khalid, Hanson, Christopher
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10321029/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37416025
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40113
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author Panama, Gabriel
Martinez, Adolfo
Yavari, Majid
Saeed Al-Asad, Khalid
Hanson, Christopher
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description Masson’s tumor is a benign tumor that usually arises secondary to vascular trauma or thrombi, leading to vascular proliferation. Masson’s tumors are most commonly reported in the head, neck, and extremities. Cases in the heart are exceedingly rare, with most case reports describing the left atrium as the most common location. Even though the tumor is benign, excision is recommended due to the risk of embolization. This is a case of Masson’s tumor located in the left ventricle. The patient is a 24-year-old female, who presented complaining of palpitations and lightheadedness. Transthoracic echocardiography showed a mobile echodensity in the left ventricle. Cardiac MRI showed characteristics similar to a myxoma. The patient underwent surgical resection and a biopsy showed Masson's tumor. This case report focuses on the histopathological features and imaging findings of Masson's tumor.
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spelling pubmed-103210292023-07-06 A Case of Left Ventricular Masson’s Tumor: Not Every Heart Tumor Is a Myxoma Panama, Gabriel Martinez, Adolfo Yavari, Majid Saeed Al-Asad, Khalid Hanson, Christopher Cureus Cardiology Masson’s tumor is a benign tumor that usually arises secondary to vascular trauma or thrombi, leading to vascular proliferation. Masson’s tumors are most commonly reported in the head, neck, and extremities. Cases in the heart are exceedingly rare, with most case reports describing the left atrium as the most common location. Even though the tumor is benign, excision is recommended due to the risk of embolization. This is a case of Masson’s tumor located in the left ventricle. The patient is a 24-year-old female, who presented complaining of palpitations and lightheadedness. Transthoracic echocardiography showed a mobile echodensity in the left ventricle. Cardiac MRI showed characteristics similar to a myxoma. The patient underwent surgical resection and a biopsy showed Masson's tumor. This case report focuses on the histopathological features and imaging findings of Masson's tumor. Cureus 2023-06-08 /pmc/articles/PMC10321029/ /pubmed/37416025 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40113 Text en Copyright © 2023, Panama et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Yavari, Majid
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A Case of Left Ventricular Masson’s Tumor: Not Every Heart Tumor Is a Myxoma
title A Case of Left Ventricular Masson’s Tumor: Not Every Heart Tumor Is a Myxoma
title_full A Case of Left Ventricular Masson’s Tumor: Not Every Heart Tumor Is a Myxoma
title_fullStr A Case of Left Ventricular Masson’s Tumor: Not Every Heart Tumor Is a Myxoma
title_full_unstemmed A Case of Left Ventricular Masson’s Tumor: Not Every Heart Tumor Is a Myxoma
title_short A Case of Left Ventricular Masson’s Tumor: Not Every Heart Tumor Is a Myxoma
title_sort case of left ventricular masson’s tumor: not every heart tumor is a myxoma
topic Cardiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10321029/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37416025
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40113
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