title: Left atrial myxoma diagnosed and characterized by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.
abstract: A 71 year old man was referred for MRI investigation of the heart. He had a history of progressive dyspnea. Due to his echocardiographical findings and the known history of permanent atrial fibrillation, his cardiologist suspected atrial thrombi. MRI investigation of the heart showed a left atrial mass pedunculated at the atrial septum which showed signal enhancement after intravenous administration of gadolinium-DTPA. Left atrial myxoma was suspected. The patient underwent surgery with resection of the tumor and patch-occlusion of the atrial septum. Histology confirmed a polypoid cardial myxoma.
authors.affiliation: Kerckhoff Heart Center, Department of Cardiology/Cardiovascular Imaging, Bad Nauheim, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Deetjen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Möllmann
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dill
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Hamm
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D016896:Treatment Outcome