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Rare right ventricular myxoma detected incidentally on a FAST examination
Author(s) -
Brestas Paraskevas S.,
Malagari Katerina S.,
Kelekis Dimitrios A.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.20103
Subject(s) - medicine , diaphragm (acoustics) , ventricle , myxoma , radiology , blunt , pericardium , surgery , cardiology , physics , acoustics , loudspeaker
A young man underwent Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (FAST) scan for blunt abdominal trauma. An incidental finding on the pericardial view was the presence of a tumor in the right ventricle. Detailed cardiac imaging and subsequent excision revealed the presence of a myxoma. The patient had no obvious cardiac symptoms, but the awareness and experience of the examiner during the FAST examination detected this rare heart tumor at a latent stage, preventing serious, irreversible complications. This case demonstrates the potential importance of looking above the diaphragm during routine abdominal sonography, especially in patients who are critically ill. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 33:143–145, 2005