title: Localized pulmonary edema in the right upper lobe associated with left atrial myxoma.
abstract: Localized pulmonary edema in the right upper lobe has usually been reported in patients with mitral incompetence. Cardiac myxomas that involve the left atrium can cause elevated filling pressure with resultant bilateral or symmetric pulmonary edema. To our knowledge, however, a case of localized pulmonary edema associated with cardiac myxoma has not previously been reported in the literature. We present a case of localized pulmonary edema in the right upper lobe associated with left atrial myxoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Chung-Ang University Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Semin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chong
authors.forename: Eun Jeong
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Inyoung
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Youn
authors.forename: Ju Won
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Choe
authors.forename: Jae Chol
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Jae Seung
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Seo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001027:Aortography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*