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Case Reports
. 1980 Nov;69(5):795-8.
doi: 10.1016/0002-9343(80)90455-6.

Massive pulmonary embolism associated with a right ventricular myxoma

A González, P I Altieri, E U Màrquez, R A Cox, M Castillo
Case Reports

Massive pulmonary embolism associated with a right ventricular myxoma

A González et al. Am J Med. 1980 Nov.

Abstract

A 12 year old boy had a massive pulmonary embolism associated with a right ventricular myxoma. This caused complete occlusion of the main trunk of the left pulmonary artery and of a branch of the right pulmonary artery supplying the basal area of the lower lobe of the right lung. The patient died despite two surgical attempts to remove the tumor clots. To our knowledge this constitutes the first report of a massive pulmonary artery embolism associated with a right ventricular myxoma.

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