A case of primary cardiac fibroma in adult.
- Author:
Sang Hee LEE
1
;
Geu Ru HONG
;
Jun Ho BAE
;
Jong Sun PARK
;
Dong Gu SHIN
;
Young Jo KIM
;
Bong Sup SHIM
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea. grhong@med.yu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Fibroma;
Cardiac
- MeSH:
Adult*;
Arrhythmias, Cardiac;
Biopsy;
Chest Pain;
Dyspnea;
Echocardiography;
Female;
Fibroma*;
Heart;
Heart Ventricles;
Hemodynamics;
Humans;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Thoracotomy
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2005;68(6):684-687
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Cardiac fibromas are rare and histologically benign intramural tumors. But, they can result in critical hemodynamic disorders and arrhythmias because of their size and location. In our case, a 33-year-old woman who has no past medical history of heart, was admitted due to chest pain and dyspnea. We performed echocardiography and cardiac MRI which revealed a mass compressing the left ventricle. Thereafter, she underwent heart tissue biopsy after left thoracotomy and the mass was diagnosed with cardiac fibroma.
