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Cardiac Myxoma: A Rare Case Series of 3 Patients and a Literature Review
Author(s) -
Wang Haiyan,
Li Quan,
Xue Minghua,
Zhao Pengzhan,
Cui Jing
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.1002/jum.14264
Subject(s) - medicine , myxoma , thrombus , cardiac tumors , calcification , radiology , cardiology , stenosis
Myxoma is the most common tumor in the heart. A typical myxoma is relatively straightforward to diagnose. However, certain cardiac myxomas have rare features. We report three extremely rare cases of cardiac myxoma. One case involved a myxoma that originated from the annulus of the tricuspid after valvuloplasty, one case involved myxomas associated with left atrial thrombus and severe mitral stenosis, and the third case involved myxoma combined with severe calcification. All three cases were diagnosed by echocardiography and pathology. We also review clinical presentations and diagnostic characteristics of cardiac myxomas.

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