Huge right atrial myxoma causing fixed tricuspid stenosis with constitutional symptoms.
Nonspecific constitutional symptoms are reported mostly in patients with left-atrial myxomas, which occur five times as often as its right-atrial counterpart. We present huge right-atrial myxoma, which obstructs tricuspid orifice with nonspecific constitutional symptoms without any pulmonary embolism attack.
Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Etlik, Ankara, Turkey. ekural@gata.edu.tr, erkanece2000@yahoo.com
Erkan
E
Kuralay
Faruk
F
Cingöz
Celalettin
C
Günay
Ufuk
U
Demirkiliç
Harun
H
Tatar
D000328:Adult; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014264:Tricuspid Valve Stenosis / Q000209:etiology*