Cardiac myxoma originating from the anterior mitral leaflet.
Cardiac myxoma arising from the anterior mitral leaflet is extremely rare. A 47-year-old Taiwanese male was found to have a 5 x 4 x 3 cm myxoma originating from the atrial side of the anterior mitral leaflet using transesophageal echocardiography. The tumor was successfully treated by surgical excision. The resected tumor was a well-defined encapsulated mass with a broad-base stalk arising from the anterior mitral leaflet. To detect the early recurrence, a semiannual follow-up examination using transesophageal echocardiography is needed.
Chen
Michael Yu-Chih
MY
Department of Cardiology, Tzu-Chi Buddhist General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan.
Wang
Ji-Hung
JH
Chao
Shen-Feng
SF
Hsu
Yung-Hsiang
YH
Wu
Da-Chung
DC
Lai
Cha-Po
CP
D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000473:pathology*; D009232:Myxoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery