Mitral valve echocardiographic pattern within the left atrium.
In a patient with a left atrial myxoma, the tumor adhered to the anterior leaflet of the mitral valve. This caused movement of the tumor's stalk in the left atrium in a pattern similar to that of a mitral valve in M-mode echocardiography. An accurate diagnosis was made by cross-sectional echocardiography and confirmed at surgery.
D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis*