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.
Carlos
C
Gonzalez-Juanatey
Margarita
M
Regueiro-Abel
Hugo
H
Lopez-Agreda
Fernando
F
Peña-Martínez
Miguel A
MA
Gonzalez-Gay
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