Right-sided Myxomas.
Primary tumors of the heart are rare with an incidence of 0.0017% to 0.19% in unselected patients at autopsy. Of those tumors, cardiac myxomas are the most commonly seen and account for about 50% of primary cardiac tumors. About 75% to 85% of myxomas originate in the left atrium, 15% to 20% in the right atrium, and only rare cases have been reported of myxomas originating in the left and right ventricles (5%). We present 3 cases in which right-sided myxomas were diagnosed echocardiographically and review the literature on primary cardiac myxomas.
Mittle
Sumit
S
Division of Cardiology, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York 11030, USA.
Makaryus
Amgad N
AN
Boutis
Loukas
L
Hartman
Alan
A
Rosman
David
D
Kort
Smadar
S
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology