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J Korean Soc Echocardiogr. 2003 Jun;11(1):42-45. Korean.
Published online June 30, 2003.  https://doi.org/10.4250/jkse.2003.11.1.42
Copyright © 2003 Korean Society of Echocardiography
Right Ventricular Myxoma Prolapsing into Pulmonary Artery with Significant Obstruction
Pil Ki Min, Byoung Eun Park, Jae Youn Moon, Seok Min Kang, Jong Won Ha, Se Joong Rim, Byung Chul Chang and Namsik Chung
Divisions of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Yonsei Cardiovascular Hospital and Cardiovascular Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract

Obstructive myxoma of the right ventricular outflow tract occurs rarely. A 22-year-old woman presented with a 3-month history of shortness of breath during exertion. Transthoracic echocardiography showed a huge mass in a dilated right ventricle. The mass, which obstructed the right ventricular outflow tract, was attached to the interventricular septum and protruded through the pulmonic valve during systole. The peak and mean systolic pressure gradients across the pulmonic valve were 79.9 and 47.8 mmHg, respectively. At surgery, the origin of the mass was attached to the right ventricular apex on its septal surface. The histopathological findings were characteristic of myxoma. The patient recovered uneventfully.

Keywords: Cardiac myxoma; Right ventricular outflow obstruction

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