Reversible pulmonary hypertension in adolescent with left atrial myxoma

J Cardiovasc Ultrasound. 2011 Dec;19(4):221-3. doi: 10.4250/jcu.2011.19.4.221. Epub 2011 Dec 27.

Abstract

We report a patient of left atrial huge myxoma presenting with severe pulmonary hypertension in adolescents. A patient was a 14-year-old boy presented with sudden onset dyspnea. Transthoracic echocardiographic study revealed the presence of a nodular, 4.34 × 8.11 cm sized, mobile, hyperechoic mass in the left atrium and severe pulmonary hypertension with tricuspid insufficiency. After surgical therapy, tricuspid regurgitation and pulmonary hypertension was decreased and the patient was stabilized and had an uneventful clinical course.

Keywords: Cardiac tumour; Left atrial myxoma; Pulmonary hypertension.

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