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- Title
Giant biatrial myxoma nearly obstructing the orifice of the inferior vena cava.
- Authors
Chang-Hu Choi; Chul-Hyun Park; Ji-Sung Kim; Yang-Bin Jeon; Jae-Ik Lee; Kook-Yang Park
- Abstract
Cardiac myxomas are the most common type of benign cardiac tumors and most of them occur in the left atrium but the biatrial myxoma is uncommon. We present a rare case of giant biatrial myxoma nearly obstructing the orifice of the inferior vena cava. A 58-year old woman presented with exertional dyspnea and intermittent chest discomfort. The non-pedunculated tumor involved most of the interatrial septum and extended from the orifice of the inferior vena cava to the displaced mitral annulus and the lower left pulmonary vein. The resected specimen weighed 76 gram and measured 80 × 40 × 30 mm. She did not complain of dyspnea or show any sign of recurrence by echocardiography during the 2-year follow-up period.
- Subjects
CARDIAC patients; MYXOMA; HEART tumors; VENA cava inferior; PULMONARY veins; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
- Publication
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2013, Vol 8, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1749-8090
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1186/1749-8090-8-148