title: Cystic left atrium myxoma--a rare case report.
abstract: Myxoma is the most common primary tumor of heart. The typical picture of myxoma under echocardiography is a solid, dense echo mass and left atrium is the most common site to find it. The cystic form of myxoma is vary rare. We report a patient who received echocardiographic examination under impression of mitral valve stenosis. A multilobulated cystic mass which was like a hydatid cyst was found in the left atrium and atrioventricular flow was affected by this mass. After tumor resection, myxoma with internal hemorrhage was proved by pathology. No further recurrent myxoma was found during follow-up echocardiographic examination.
authors.affiliation: Section of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, No. 100, Shih-Chuan 1st Rd., Kaohsiung, 80708, Taiwan. kuntai.lee@msa.hinet.net
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: W T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Yen
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Voon
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Sheu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009232:Myxoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery