Atypical Presentation of Right Ventricular Cardiac Hamartoma in a Young Man

Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J. 2022 Oct 4;18(1):102-107. doi: 10.14797/mdcvj.1158. eCollection 2022.

Abstract

Cardiac tumors in adults are exceedingly rare and usually benign. We describe a 29-year-old man with a previous diagnosis of interventricular septal hypertrophy who presented with increasing severity of dyspnea and fatigue. Work-up revealed a 4.9 × 3.7 cm mass at the base of the interventricular septum. Biopsy revealed a benign cardiac hamartoma atypically located in the right ventricle, and the mass was resected via right ventriculotomy.

Keywords: cardiac hamartoma; cardiac tumor; echocardiography; mass; right ventricle; ventriculotomy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Hamartoma* / diagnosis
  • Hamartoma* / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Neoplasms* / complications
  • Heart Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Neoplasms* / surgery
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular*
  • Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Ventricles / pathology
  • Heart Ventricles / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Ventricular Septum* / diagnostic imaging
  • Ventricular Septum* / pathology
  • Ventricular Septum* / surgery