Multiple Primary Leiomyomas in the Right Ventricle: A Rare Form of Leiomyoma

Hua Li; Demin Xu; Na Zhu; Lili Dong; Chunsheng Wang

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.06.114

Multiple Primary Leiomyomas in the Right Ventricle: A Rare Form of Leiomyoma

Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Feb;101(2):e33-5. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.06.114.

Authors

Hua Li¹, Demin Xu¹, Na Zhu², Lili Dong³, Chunsheng Wang⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
² Department of Pathology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
³ Department of Echocardiography, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
⁴ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. Electronic address: zscswang@hotmail.com.

PMID: 26777967
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.06.114

Abstract

A case of multiple benign leiomyomas in the right ventricle of a 47-year-old woman is presented. Multiple lesions were revealed at different locations in the right ventricle; 1 lesion extended into the right pulmonary artery. Histologic examination showed benign leiomyomas arising from the tunica media of the intramyocardial vessels. Also, the primary origin of the cardiac tumors is demonstrated by the evidence that no leiomyoma was found in the genital system 30 months after the cardiac operation. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of multiple primary cardiac leiomyomas in a premenopausal woman. The midterm prognosis after complete resection is good.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Female
Heart Neoplasms / pathology*
Heart Ventricles*
Humans
Leiomyoma / classification
Leiomyomatosis / pathology*
Middle Aged