Left ventricular myxoma: Confusing intracardiac mass in a patient with leukemia in remission

• Authors: Asli Tanindi , Gulten Tacoy , Fatma Hizal , Murat Turfan , Emrah Ereren , Levent Oktar , Adnan Abaci
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Cardiac myxomas are the most common primary benign tumors of the heart and appears particularly in the left atrium. Myxomas exhibit a wide spectrum of symptoms from asymptomatic to very serious according to the localisation of the tumours. Only 5% of these tumours occur in the right and left ventricles. We report an unusual case of a 21-year-old woman with a leukemia in remission, in whom routine transthorasic echocardiographic examination demonstrated an incidental left ventricular mass. The patient underwent successful resection of the left ventricular mass under cardiopulmonary bypass through the left atrial approach. Histopathologic examination was diagnostic for myxoma. In this case, the presentation of the mass was atypical for two reasons: the tumour was a cardiac myxoma in the left ventricular localisation and in a patient with leukemia in remission.

Keywords

EN

Myxoma; Left ventricle; Leukemia

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Medicine
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 437-441

Dates

published

1 - 8 - 2010

online

30 - 5 - 2010

Contributors

author

Asli Tanindi

• Cardiovascular Medicine, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, 06500, Ankara, Turkey

author

Gulten Tacoy

• Cardiovascular Medicine, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, 06500, Ankara, Turkey

author

Fatma Hizal

• Cardiovascular Medicine, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, 06500, Ankara, Turkey

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Murat Turfan

• Cardiovascular Medicine, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, 06500, Ankara, Turkey

author

Emrah Ereren

• Cardiovascular Surgery, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, 06500, Ankara, Turkey

author

Levent Oktar

• Cardiovascular Surgery, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, 06500, Ankara, Turkey

author

Adnan Abaci

• Cardiovascular Medicine, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, 06500, Ankara, Turkey

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11536-009-0105-7