Year: 2006
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Sixty-three-year-old woman with a past medical history of uterine cancer and complaint of fatigue and dyspnea on mild exertion. Physical examination revealed hypertension and rales at lung bases. A transthoracic echocardiogram showed a mass with reduced mobility in the right ventricle. The patient was taken to surgery during which a mass involving the anterior wall of the pulmonary artery, tricuspid valve, right atrium, and posterior wall of the right ventricle was found. The pulmonary artery and the right ventricle were reconstructed with a bovine pericardium patch and the tricuspid valve was replaced by a number-31 biological prosthesis. The pathological examination revealed metastasis of squamous cells with well-differentiated infiltrative areas. The patient was discharged one month after surgery. Four months later, however, she was readmitted to hospital in terminal stage, confirming the guarded prognosis of the disease at this stage.
Authors: João Gustavo Gongora Ferraz, André Luiz Mylonas Martins, João Francisco de Souza, Aline Matos, Ana Paula Fraga Santini Canto, Alfredo Mylona Martins
Institution: Hospital Universitário Evangélico de Curitiba
Language: Portuguese
Topic: Cardiac tumors and thrombi
Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2049657923