title: Atypical atrial myxomas in two asymptomatic patients: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Atypical cardiac myxomas are a rare occurrence and may present with a variety of clinical manifestations depending on the morphology and location.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two cases of cardiac myxomas atypically located in asymptomatic patients, diagnosed by transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiography, are presented. In the first case a myxoma is located under the anterior mitral valve leaflet and in the second case a myxoma is located in the right atrium.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We emphasize the leading role of transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiography in the diagnosis of intracavitary cardiac tumours.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, AHEPA University Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece. charokoposnick@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Nicholas A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Charokopos
authors.forename: Efthymia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rouska
authors.forename: Christodoulos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pliakos
authors.forename: Efstathios D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Pagourelias
authors.forename: Panagiotis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Artemiou
authors.forename: Christoforos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Foroulis
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Papadopoulos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009232:Myxoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography