CASE REPORT
Hypertrophic Papillary Muscle Mimicking
Mass in Right Ventricular Apex
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Gaziosmanpasa University School of
Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Tokat,
Turkey
Publication date: 2011-07-11
Corresponding author
Fatih Koç
Gaziosmanpasa University School of Medicine
Department of Cardiology, 60100,
Tokat/Turkey
Eur J Gen Med 2011;8(3):260-261
ABSTRACT
Twenty-nine year old man with a history of complete repair of Tetralogy
of Fallot (TOF) at the age of 5 was seen at outpatient clinic suffering
from exertional dyspnea. His blood pressure was 110/70 mmHg, pulse
82 beats per minute and respiratory rate of 16 breaths per minute. His
oxygen saturation was 90 % under room air. Auscultation exposed a 3/6
systolic ejection murmur at the left sternal border. Electrocardiogram
(ECG) showed sinus rhythm with right ventricular hypertrophy (RVH)
and right bundle branch block (RBBB). The transthorasic echocardiography
(TTE) was applied. RVH and stenosis of the right ventricular
outflow tract (RVOT) with a pressure gradient of 45 mmHg were obtained.
Mass shaped lesion was seen in right ventricular apex during
TTE examination. Right ventricular papillary muscle hypertrophy was
the final diagnosis after transeosephageal echocardiography (TEE) and
repeated TTE (Figure 1 and 2). Tetralogy of Fallot is the most common
cyanotic congenital heart disease, consisting 10% of all congenital
heart malformations. TOF includes four major component which are
ventricular septal defect (VSD), overriding aorta, RVOT obstruction
and RVH. Echocardiography is an indispensable method for organizing
treatment and diagnosis of the disease.