title: Cardiac myxoma originating from the anterior mitral leaflet.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Tzu-Chi Buddhist General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Michael Yu-Chih
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Ji-Hung
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Shen-Feng
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Chao
authors.forename: Yung-Hsiang
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: Da-Chung
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Cha-Po
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Lai
mesh_terms: 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