title: Tricuspid valvular myxoma: unusual case of tricuspid valve myxoma mimicking thrombus after pulmonary artery embolectomy and tricuspid annuloplasty in pulmonary thromboembolism patient.
abstract: A 55-year-old man with massive pulmonary thromboembolism underwent thrombolysis, pulmonary artery embolectomy and tricuspid annuloplasty. Nine months later, a mobile echogenic intra-cardiac mass was found in the tricuspid valve. Because the patient had undergone annuloplasty, thrombosis was suspected as the most likely diagnosis and thrombolytic therapy was instituted. However, the size of the cardiac mass did not change and after surgical excision the mass was found to be a myxoma. Cardiac valvular tumors are uncommon and when they occur they are usually slow growing fibroelastomas. In this case, the rapid growing cardiac myxoma on the tricuspid valve was found after the occurrence of pulmonary thromboembolism. To our knowledge, this is first reported case of tricuspid valve myxoma in Korea.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, Goyang, Korea.
authors.forename: Min Yong
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Sung Uk
authors.initials: SU
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: Sung Yun
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Boram
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Hyung Yoon
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Yu Jung
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Woo-Ik
authors.initials: WI
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Sun Hee
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Chang