Left atrial myxoma: Unusual presentation as a cystic tumor

J Card Surg. 2020 Feb;35(2):511-513. doi: 10.1111/jocs.14401. Epub 2019 Dec 19.

Abstract

Myxomas are the most common cardiac tumors, benign, and usually located in the left atrium. Typically echocardiography reveals a solid tumor, whereas cystic myxomas are rare with only a few cases documented in the literature. We describe the case of a 63-year-old, female patient with an unusual presentation of a left atrial myxoma as a cystic tumor.

Keywords: cardiac tumors; intracardiac cysts; myxoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cysts / diagnostic imaging
  • Cysts / etiology*
  • Cysts / pathology
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Female
  • Heart Atria
  • Heart Neoplasms / complications*
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Myxoma / complications*
  • Myxoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Myxoma / pathology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed