Giant left atrial myxoma mimicking severe mitral valve stenosis.
We report a case of giant left atrial myxoma in a young patient with clinical manifestation as congestive heart failure attributable to severe mitral valve stenosis. An early clinical and echocardiographic diagnosis was performed and the patient had an optimal outcome with surgery treatment.
Gonzalez-Juanatey
Carlos
C
Regueiro-Abel
Margarita
M
Lopez-Agreda
Hugo
H
Peña-Martínez
Fernando
F
Gonzalez-Gay
Miguel A
MA
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography