Primary cardiac neurilemoma, a benign tumor, is extremely uncommon. To our knowledge only eight cases have been reported in the literature. We report a case of a 72-year-old man who presented with complaints of progressive shortness of breath and chest pain, seven years after a right nephrectomy for renal adenocarcinoma. An intra-right atrial tumor was surgically removed; the lesion was found to be a neurilemoma of the right atrium. This case report describes the surgical removal and rarity of neurilemomas, their predisposition to be right-sided in the heart and their coincidental association with other types of cancer.
Bizzarri, F., Mondillo, S., Tanganelli, P., Lisi, G., Guerrini, F., Ammaturo, T., et al. (2001). A primary intracavitary right atrial neurilemoma. JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, 42(6), 777-779.
A primary intracavitary right atrial neurilemoma.
MONDILLO, SERGIO;TANGANELLI, PIERO;
2001-01-01
Abstract
Primary cardiac neurilemoma, a benign tumor, is extremely uncommon. To our knowledge only eight cases have been reported in the literature. We report a case of a 72-year-old man who presented with complaints of progressive shortness of breath and chest pain, seven years after a right nephrectomy for renal adenocarcinoma. An intra-right atrial tumor was surgically removed; the lesion was found to be a neurilemoma of the right atrium. This case report describes the surgical removal and rarity of neurilemomas, their predisposition to be right-sided in the heart and their coincidental association with other types of cancer.
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