Back to Search Start Over

Left ventricular myxoma with Carney complex

Authors :
Kuyama, Naoto
Hamatani, Yasuhiro
Fukushima, Satsuki
Ikeda, Yoshihiko
Nakai, Eri
Okada, Atsushi
Takahama, Hiroyuki
Amaki, Makoto
Hasegawa, Takuya
Sugano, Yasuo
Kanzaki, Hideaki
Fujita, Tomoyuki
Ishibashi‐Ueda, Hatsue
Yasuda, Satoshi
Anzai, Toshihisa
Kobayashi, Junjiro
Source :
ESC Heart Failure
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2018.

Abstract

The left ventricle is a less frequent location of cardiac myxomas overall. Meanwhile, cardiac myxomas related to Carney complex (CNC), which is a multiple neoplasia syndrome involving cardiac, endocrine, neural, and cutaneous tumours, more frequently occur in the left ventricle compared with sporadic cardiac myxomas. Herein, we report a case of a 20‐year‐old woman with CNC who underwent complete surgical excision of a large and mobile left ventricular myxoma. In our case, echocardiography performed 4 years earlier was normal. This case highlights the importance of annual follow‐up by echocardiography in patients with CNC, because early diagnosis of cardiac myxomas might improve their prognosis. Besides, we should bear in mind the possibility of CNC if the patients have cardiac myxoma in a cardiac chamber other than the left atrium at a younger age.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20555822
Volume :
5
Issue :
4
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
ESC Heart Failure
Accession number :
edsair.pmid..........c8cd0d38a3a614523145bc0dc8ad445a