Myxoma of the mitral valve detected by echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging.
Myxomas of the mitral valve diagnosed during life are exceedingly rare. We employed transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging enhanced by gadolinium-diethylene-triamine-pentaacetic acid in a patient with palpitations. After these examinations clearly demonstrated a myxoma on the atrial side of the posterior mitral valve leaflet, urgent surgery was performed. When a small tumour of the mitral valve exists, these examinations are useful not only for detecting and characterizing the tumour, but also for deciding the optimal surgical management.
Kamata
J
J
Third Department of Surgery, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan.
Yoshioka
K
K
Nasu
M
M
Ueshima
K
K
Mizunuma
Y
Y
Sato
Y
Y
Izumoto
H
H
Yagi
Y
Y
Nakai
K
K
Hiramori
K
K
D000328:Adult; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D004369:Pentetic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives
D003287:Contrast Media; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA