'Foetus' in Heart: A case of myxoma

Abstract

The most common primary cardiac tumor in adulthood is myxoma which is a benign mass pathologically. Patients with myxoma may be asymptomatic which are recognized incidentally and also they may be clinically presented with different signs and symptoms one of which is peripheral emboli. In this paper, a case of myxoma which is detected as a source of emboli in a young woman in sinus rhythm admitted with acute arterial occlusion, which is excised surgically is presented. Echocardiographic view of myxoma was remarkable which looks like ‘a fetus in uterus. J Clin Exp Invest 2012; 3(2): 300-302

Keywords

• Myxoma, peripheral emboli, echocardiography

'Foetus' in Heart: A case of myxoma

Öz

Erişkin yaş grubunda en sık rastlanan primer kardiyak tümör olan miksomalar patolojik olarak iyi huylu kitlelerdir. Miksomalı hastalar asemptomatik olarak tesadüfen saptanabildiği gibi çok farklı klinik belirti ve bulgularla ortaya çıkabilirler. Bunlardan biri de periferik embolidir. Bu yazıda akut arter embolisi ile başvuran sinüs ritmindeki genç bayan hastada emboli kaynağı olarak tespit edilen ve cerrahi olarak eksize edilen bir miksoma olgusu sunulmaktadır. Miksomanın ekokardiyografik görüntüsü anne karnındaki bir fetüsü andırmasıyla dikkat çekiciydi.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Miksoma, periferik emboli, ekokardiyografi

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