title: Primary myxoma of the pulmonary artery.
abstract: Cardiac myxomas are most commonly found within the left atrium. We now report a patient presenting with dyspnea, palpitation, and chest pain who was found to have myxoma arising from the pulmonary valve commissure. Urgent surgical treatment is curative and warranted for these lesions, in order to prevent outflow obstruction and thromboembolic phenomena.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey. ttansel@istanbul.edu.tr
authors.forename: Turkan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tansel
authors.forename: Helin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: El
authors.forename: Emre
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gok
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*