title: Tricuspid valve myxoma: a case report and a collective review of the literature.
abstract: Tricuspid valve myxoma is extremely rare. An asymptomatic young patient discovered by chance an echogenic mass on the tricuspid valve by echocardiography, which was proved to be a myxoma. He underwent a successful myxoma resection via port-access approach. He had an uneventful postoperative course. Port-access approach is an alternative to conventional open heart surgical technique in terms of its minimally invasive purpose for myxoma resection. Moreover, it is of great importance in reducing the risk of intraoperative embolization and tumor implantation by minimizing the heart maneuver.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
authors.forename: Shi-Min
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Amihay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shinfeld
authors.forename: Ehud
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Raanani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009232:Myxoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D014261:Tricuspid Valve