title: Giant biatrial myxoma nearly obstructing the orifice of the inferior vena cava.
abstract: Cardiac myxomas are the most common type of benign cardiac tumors and most of them occur in the left atrium but the biatrial myxoma is uncommon. We present a rare case of giant biatrial myxoma nearly obstructing the orifice of the inferior vena cava. A 58-year old woman presented with exertional dyspnea and intermittent chest discomfort. The non-pedunculated tumor involved most of the interatrial septum and extended from the orifice of the inferior vena cava to the displaced mitral annulus and the lower left pulmonary vein. The resected specimen weighed 76 gram and measured 80 × 40 × 30 mm. She did not complain of dyspnea or show any sign of recurrence by echocardiography during the 2-year follow-up period.
authors.forename: Chang-Hu
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Chul-Hyun
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Ji-Sung
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Yang-Bin
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Jeon
authors.forename: Jae-Ik
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Kook-Yang
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000473:pathology*