An interleukin-6 secreting myxoma in a hypertrophic left ventricle.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We describe a patient who had both a left ventricular myxoma and left ventricular hypertrophy; the myxoma was subsequently excised and revealed to produce interleukin-6. The combination of left ventricular myxoma and ventricular hypertrophy is uncommon. Interleukin-6 secreted from the myxoma may be an important factor in the pathogenesis of ventricular hypertrophy in this patient.
Medical subject headings
- Heart Neoplasms
- Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular
- Interleukin-6
- Myxoma