Rare Association between Giant Right Ventricular Myxoma and Right Coronary Artery Tumour Blush with Complicating Pulmonary Tumour Embolism

Cardiac myxoma is a benign primary cardiac tumour which can present with nonspecific symptoms of right heart failure, syncope, exertional dyspnea, and pulmonary embolism. We describe a case of a right ventricular myxoma complicated with bilateral pulmonary embolism, with an incidental right coronary...

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Main Authors: Robin Yeong Hong Goh, Shreeja Mehrotra, Stefan Buchholz, Deepak Mehrotra, Allison Morton
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Cardiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/5873606
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description Cardiac myxoma is a benign primary cardiac tumour which can present with nonspecific symptoms of right heart failure, syncope, exertional dyspnea, and pulmonary embolism. We describe a case of a right ventricular myxoma complicated with bilateral pulmonary embolism, with an incidental right coronary artery fistula but otherwise normal coronary anatomy on coronary angiogram. This case report emphasizes the importance of performing a transesophageal echo in the setting of pulmonary embolism to search for the origin of thrombus/tumour, and performing a comprehensive assessment is also necessary to rule out coronary artery disease, coronary artery fistula that may also represent a tumour blush.
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spelling doaj-art-1b7bccabe6f44130aa601dcc197697a32025-08-20T02:01:50ZengWileyCase Reports in Cardiology2090-64042090-64122019-01-01201910.1155/2019/58736065873606Rare Association between Giant Right Ventricular Myxoma and Right Coronary Artery Tumour Blush with Complicating Pulmonary Tumour EmbolismRobin Yeong Hong Goh0Shreeja Mehrotra1Stefan Buchholz2Deepak Mehrotra3Allison Morton4Heart Care, Western Australia, Suite 21, St. John of God Bunbury Hospital, 700 Robertson Dr, College Grove, Western Australia, AustraliaDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart and Lung Centre, Mount Hospital, 150 Mounts Bay Rd, Perth, Western Australia, AustraliaHeart Care, Western Australia, Suite 21, St. John of God Bunbury Hospital, 700 Robertson Dr, College Grove, Western Australia, AustraliaDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart and Lung Centre, Mount Hospital, 150 Mounts Bay Rd, Perth, Western Australia, AustraliaHeart Care, Western Australia, Suite 21, St. John of God Bunbury Hospital, 700 Robertson Dr, College Grove, Western Australia, AustraliaCardiac myxoma is a benign primary cardiac tumour which can present with nonspecific symptoms of right heart failure, syncope, exertional dyspnea, and pulmonary embolism. We describe a case of a right ventricular myxoma complicated with bilateral pulmonary embolism, with an incidental right coronary artery fistula but otherwise normal coronary anatomy on coronary angiogram. This case report emphasizes the importance of performing a transesophageal echo in the setting of pulmonary embolism to search for the origin of thrombus/tumour, and performing a comprehensive assessment is also necessary to rule out coronary artery disease, coronary artery fistula that may also represent a tumour blush.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/5873606
spellingShingle Robin Yeong Hong Goh
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Rare Association between Giant Right Ventricular Myxoma and Right Coronary Artery Tumour Blush with Complicating Pulmonary Tumour Embolism
Case Reports in Cardiology
title Rare Association between Giant Right Ventricular Myxoma and Right Coronary Artery Tumour Blush with Complicating Pulmonary Tumour Embolism
title_full Rare Association between Giant Right Ventricular Myxoma and Right Coronary Artery Tumour Blush with Complicating Pulmonary Tumour Embolism
title_fullStr Rare Association between Giant Right Ventricular Myxoma and Right Coronary Artery Tumour Blush with Complicating Pulmonary Tumour Embolism
title_full_unstemmed Rare Association between Giant Right Ventricular Myxoma and Right Coronary Artery Tumour Blush with Complicating Pulmonary Tumour Embolism
title_short Rare Association between Giant Right Ventricular Myxoma and Right Coronary Artery Tumour Blush with Complicating Pulmonary Tumour Embolism
title_sort rare association between giant right ventricular myxoma and right coronary artery tumour blush with complicating pulmonary tumour embolism
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/5873606
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