Right ventricular myxoma: diagnostic and surgical considerations

A 26-year-old patient with right ventricular myxoma is reported. He underwent emergency removal of the tumour because of several syncopal episodes. Diagnosis was suspected clinically and confirmed by echocardiography and angiocardiography. The tumour arose from the anterior wall of the right ventricle and was resected with its pedicle. Five years after the operation, the patient is asymptomatic without clinical or echocardiographic evidence of recurrence. The authors underline the need for a close follow-up of patients with cardiac myxoma utilizing the non-invasive technique of echocardiography and emphasize the good early and late results obtained in their patient with surgical removal of the tumour.