title: Giant atrial myxoma mimicking severe mitral stenosis in young patient.
abstract: The echocardiogram of a twenty-year-old man, previously healthy, suffering from paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea and fatigue after moderate exertion that intensified over a period of about ten days, showed the left atrium myxoma working as severe mitral stenosis.
authors.affiliation: Hospital do Coração Samcordis, São Gonçalo, RJ, Brasil. ericpaivavilela@gmail.com
authors.forename: Eric Paiva
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Vilela
authors.forename: Leonardo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Moura
authors.forename: Danielle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pepe
authors.forename: Edson
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nunes
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Erthal
authors.forename: Erika
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Campana
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D055815:Young Adult