Cardiac tumours: clinical, echocardiographic and pathological features Tumores cardíacos: aspectos clínicos, ecocardiográficos e histopatológicos

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of our paper was clinical and echocardiographic characterisation of patients with cardiac tumours and the evaluation of the surgery and tumour recurrence. METHOD: The first part of research was a retrospective investigation to identify cardiac tumours identification and to col...

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Main Authors: Ricardo Pereira Silva, Aglaerton Pinheiro, Ieda Costa, José Eloy da Costa Filho, Carlos Roberto Martins Rodrigues Sobrinho, Pedro José Negreiros de Andrade, João Martins de Sousa Torres, Eduardo Régis Monte Jucá
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Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular 2003-10-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76382003000100012
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Summary:OBJECTIVE: The purpose of our paper was clinical and echocardiographic characterisation of patients with cardiac tumours and the evaluation of the surgery and tumour recurrence. METHOD: The first part of research was a retrospective investigation to identify cardiac tumours identification and to collect data from patients' records of the Messejana Hospital and Walter Cantídio University Hospital, from 1981 to 2001. In this period, 19 cases of cardiac tumours were discovered. The patients were submitted to clinical, electrocardiographic and echocardiographic re-evaluation from March to July 2002. RESULTS: Congestive symptoms and thoracic pain were the most frequent symptoms. The location in which most of the tumours were identified was left atrium. Among patients submitted to surgery, all of them had the tumour extracted from atrium. The most common histopathologic type was myxoma (78%). Surgical mortality was 14%. Tumour recurrence occurred in one patient. CONCLUSION: Cardiac tumours were more frequent in left atrium, benign tumours were more frequent than malignant tumours, and the most frequent histopathologic type was myxoma.<br>OBJETIVO: Caracterização clínica e ecocardiográfica dos pacientes com tumores cardíacos, avaliação da terapêutica cirúrgica e da recidiva dos tumores. MÉTODO: Na primeira parte da pesquisa, o delineamento metodológico foi do tipo retrospectivo, através da identificação de tumores cardíacos e coleta de dados dos prontuários do Hospital Universitário Walter Cantídio (UFCE) e Hospital de Messejana, no período de 1981 a 2001, onde foram encontrados 19 casos de tumores cardíacos. Os pacientes foram submetidos a uma reavaliação clínica, eletro e ecocardiográfica durante o período de março a julho de 2002. RESULTADOS: Sintomas congestivos e dor torácica foram os sintomas mais freqüentes em nossa série. A localização preferencial dos tumores cardíacos em nossa série foi no átrio esquerdo. Entre os pacientes submetidos a operação, todos tiveram o tumor ressecado dos átrios, predominando a localização em átrio esquerdo (79%). O tipo histopatológico mais encontrado em nossa série foi o mixoma (78%). A mortalidade cirúrgica foi de 14%. Detectamos recidiva de tumor em um paciente. CONCLUSÕES: Tumores cardíacos foram mais encontrados no átrio esquerdo. Os tumores benignos foram mais freqüentes que os malignos. O tipo histopatológico mais encontrado foi o mixoma.
ISSN:0102-7638
1678-9741