title: Aortic valve myxoma at the extreme age: a review of literature.
abstract: Primary cardiac tumours are a rare finding, with cardiac myxoma and fibroelastoma representing the majority of these tumours. Cardiac myxomas are most commonly found in the left atrium but are rarely found with attachment to the cardiac valves. The authors describe a case of aortic myxoma found in an 81-year-old man presented with peripheral arterial disease. CT angiogram of the thorax was performed to find the source of emboli and it showed a mass attached to the aortic valve and protruding into the aorta. Details of the location and texture were studied on transoesophageal echocardiography. Preoperative coronary angiography showed coronary artery disease and the patient underwent successful coronary artery bypass grafting and simultaneous resection of the mass. Histopathology revealed the mass as a myxoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
authors.forename: Arshad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Javed
authors.forename: Sandip
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zalawadiya
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kovach
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Afonso
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009232:Myxoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography