Right outflow tract obstruction by a pedunculated neurofibroma: case report and literature review

Can J Cardiol. 1997 Apr;13(4):387-90.

Abstract

Right outflow tract obstruction due to neurofibroma is rare, with only four cases identified in the world literature. Obstruction due to a pedunculated neurofibroma has never been reported. A 36-year-old woman with no known heart disease presenting with dyspnea, palpitations and chest pain was shown on echocardiogram to have a mobile right ventricular mass. Cardiac catheterization revealed normal coronary arteries and right ventricular outflow tract obstruction by a pedunculated mass, which was surgically removed and histologically proven to be a benign neurofibroma. Following surgery the patient's symptoms disappeared, with no recurrence three years postoperatively.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Angiocardiography
  • Female
  • Heart Neoplasms / complications*
  • Heart Neoplasms / pathology
  • Heart Ventricles* / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Ventricles* / pathology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Angiography
  • Neurofibroma / complications*
  • Neurofibroma / pathology
  • Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / diagnostic imaging
  • Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / etiology*