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Right ventricular myxoma in a patient with tetralogy of Fallot

INTRODUCTION: Cardiac myxoma is the most common primary cardiac tumour in adulthood and may present in the context of Carney's complex. PRESENTATION OF CASE: A 32-year-old male with a history of repaired tetralogy of Fallot in childhood was admitted with severe pulmonary valve regurgitation and...

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Autores principales: Mitropoulos, Fotios, Giannakoulas, George, Kallifatidis, Alexandros, Kanakis, Meletios, Kiaffas, Maria, Chatzis, Andrew C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4276279/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25437648
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2014.09.030
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: Cardiac myxoma is the most common primary cardiac tumour in adulthood and may present in the context of Carney's complex. PRESENTATION OF CASE: A 32-year-old male with a history of repaired tetralogy of Fallot in childhood was admitted with severe pulmonary valve regurgitation and a mobile mass in the right ventricle. The patient underwent pulmonary valve replacement and mass excision. Pathology examination showed myxoma. DISCUSSION: In the majority of cases myxomas originate in the atria, nevertheless they can also be found in a ventricular cavity. Myxoma is a prevalent feature of Carney's complex, an inherited, autosomal disease, characterised by multiple tumours in several organs. Tetralogy of Fallot has also been described in association with Carney's complex. CONCLUSION: Coexistence of tetralogy of Fallot with a cardiac ventricular myxoma in a patient not affected from Carney's complex or other familial syndrome.