Múltipla recorrência de mixomas cardíacos com embolia pulmonar aguda / Multiple recurrences of cardiac myxomas with acute tumoral pulmonary embolism
Arq. bras. cardiol
; 77(2): 161-166, Aug. 2001. ilus
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in Portuguese, English
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RESUMO
We report the case of a 42-year-old female with a second recurrence of cardiac myxoma. Her first diagnosis was at the age of 24 years, when cardiac tumors were withdrawn from her right ventricle and left atrium. Her first recurrence was at the age of 36 years, when tumors were removed from the left and right atria, and the right ventricle. Six years later, the patient was admitted to the Hospital das Clínicas de Porto Alegre complaining of sudden dyspnea, dry cough, and pain in the right hypochondrium, which bore no relation to breathing. The transesophageal echocardiography showed a small tumor in the interatrial septum, close to the superior vena cava, and 2 larger tumors in the right ventricle, 1 close to the outflow tract and the other almost completely obstructing the right branch of the pulmonary artery. The patient was referred to surgery, in which myxomas were removed from the right atrium and ventricle with extension to the right pulmonary artery. The postoperative period was uneventful
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Main subject:
Pulmonary Embolism
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Heart Neoplasms
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Myxoma
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Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Language:
English
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Portuguese
Journal:
Arq. bras. cardiol
Journal subject:
Cardiology
Year:
2001
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul/BR