Vnitr Lek 2012, 58(11):878-880

Left ventricular myxoma - an unexpected cause of dyspnoea and fever in a young patient

T. Sattran^1,*, F. Toušek¹, L. Pešl¹, A. Mokráček²

¹ Kardiocentrum - kardiologie Nemocnice České Budějovice, a. s., České Budějovice, přednosta prim. MUDr. František Toušek, FESC

² Kardiocentrum - kardiochirurgie Nemocnice České Budějovice, a. s., České Budějovice, přednosta doc. MUDr. Aleš Mokráček, CSc.

Primary cardiac tumours are rare. In 75% of cases, these are benign, mainly myxomas. The present case study describes a patient with an impressive epidemiological history, examined at a department of infectious diseases for progressing dyspnoea and subfebrile states. As part of differential diagnosis, the patient was sent for cardiological examination. Echocardiography unexpectedly revealed tumour of the left ventricle that explained patient's symptomatology. The tumour was then quickly removed using right minithoracotomy and histology confirmed myxoma. The patient was, also due to the miniinvasive nature of the intervention, discharged from the hospital to home care on the 4th day of hospitalization with practically no complaints.

Keywords: cardiac myxoma; dyspnoea; subfebrile states

Received: August 9, 2012; Accepted: September 12, 2012; Published: November 1, 2012  Show citation