Acute Pulmonary Edema Caused by a Giant Atrial Myxoma | Zendy

Andrea Fisicaro | Zendy; Massimo Slavich | Zendy; Eustachio Agricola | Zendy; Claudia Marini | Zendy; Alberto Margonato | Zendy

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Acute Pulmonary Edema Caused by a Giant Atrial Myxoma

Author(s) -

Andrea Fisicaro,

Massimo Slavich,

Eustachio Agricola,

Claudia Marini,

Alberto Margonato

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

case reports in medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2

H-Index - 20

eISSN - 1687-9627

pISSN - 1687-9635

DOI - 10.1155/2013/904952

Subject(s) - medicine , myxoma , asymptomatic , atrial myxoma , cardiology , presentation (obstetrics) , pulmonary edema , acute pulmonary edema , left atrial myxoma , mitral valve , surgery , lung , left atrium , atrial fibrillation

Atrial myxoma is the most common primary cardiac tumor. Its clinical presentation spreads from asymptomatic incidental mass to serious life-threatening cardiovascular complications. We report the case of a 44-year-old man with evening fever and worsening dyspnea in the last weeks, admitted to our hospital for acute pulmonary edema. The cardiac auscultation was very suspicious for mitral valve stenosis, but the echocardiography revealed a huge atrial mass with a diastolic prolapse into mitral valve orifice causing an extremely high transmitral gradient pressure. Awareness of this uncommon acute presentation of atrial myxoma is necessary for timely diagnosis and prompt surgical intervention.

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