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Case Reports
. 2015 Aug 13:2015:bcr2015210818.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2015-210818.

Right atrial myxoma mimicking tricuspid stenosis

Hüseyin Şaşkın  1 , Çağrı Düzyol  1 , Kazım Serhan Özcan  2 , Rezan Aksoy  1
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Case Reports

Right atrial myxoma mimicking tricuspid stenosis

Hüseyin Şaşkın et al. BMJ Case Rep. .

Abstract

A 62-year-old man presented to the cardiology clinic with symptoms of fatigue, shortness of breath and swelling in the abdomen and legs. A pedunculated mobile mass with a short stalk in the right atrium was found to originate from the inferior vena caval opening and prolapse into the right ventricle through a tricuspid valve during diastole in echocardiography. The patient was referred to our department and surgery was planned for right atrial myxomas diagnosis. The mass with surrounding tissue was surgically removed using the cardiopulmonary bypass method. No postoperative complications were seen in the currently asymptomatic patient who is still under our follow-up schedule.

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Figure 1
Right atrial myxoma view of transoesophageal echocardiography (IVC, inferior vena cava; RA, right atrium; RV, right ventricle).
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Figure 2
Entrance of right atrial myxoma to right ventricle through tricuspid valve view in transesophageal echocardiography (LA, left atrium; LV, left ventricle; RA, right atrium; RV, right ventricle).
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Figure 3
Neovascularization view of right atrial myxoma from right coronary artery.
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Figure 4
Myxoma removed from the right atrium.
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Figure 5
Histopathological view of the removed myxoma (H&E stain, ×200 magnification).
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