A rare myxoma in the right ventricular outflow tract

Demet Menekşe Gerede; Aydan Ongun; Serkan Durdu; Aynur Acıbuca; İrem Dinçer

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2015.11533

Demet Menekşe Gerede¹, Aydan Ongun¹, Serkan Durdu², Aynur Acıbuca¹, İrem Dinçer¹

¹Departments of Cardiology, Medical Faculty of Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
²Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery, Medical Faculty of Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2015.11533

A 71-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for routine cardiac evaluation. Transthoracic echocardiography upon cardiac murmur showed a 1.9x2.9 cm right ventricular mass, protruding into the pulmonary artery during systole. Although the mass caused a maximal resting outflow gradient of 22 mmHg due to the obstruction of the pulmonary artery during systole, the patient was asymptomatic. Transesophageal echocardiography indicated a suspicious diagnosis of the right ventricular myxoma. The surgical excision of the intracardiac mass was scheduled due to an increased risk of embolism. The histopathological diagnosis was myxoma.

Keywords : Myxoma; right ventricle; three-dimensional echocardiography

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