Atypical vessels as an early sign of intracardiac myxoma?
We report on a woman with previously unknown left atrial myxoma, who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention. 45 months after the initial coronary angiography, echocardiography demonstrated a large atrial myxoma, which was not seen echocardiographically before. The retrospective analysis of the pre-intervention coronary angiography revealed atypical vessels in the atrial septum, which are interpreted as early signs of myxoma.
Medical Clinic for Cardiology, Angiology, Pulmology, Charité Campus Mitte, University medicine Berlin, Germany. hans-peter.duebel@charite.de
Hans-Peter
HP
Dübel
Fabian
F
Knebel
Volker
V
Gliech
Wolfgang
W
Konertz
Wolfgang
W
Rutsch
Gert
G
Baumann
Adrian Constantin
AC
Borges
D002637:Chest Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D014463:Ultrasonography