Giant right atrial myxoma with pulmonary trunk dislodgement causing intermittent tricuspid obliteration and clinical manifestations of right heart failure

Echocardiography. 2011 Oct;28(9):E183-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2011.01508.x. Epub 2011 Sep 19.

Abstract

The symptoms of myxomas depend on the size, mobility, and location of the tumor. A huge myxoma obstructing the tricuspid orifice can produce symptoms of tricuspid stenosis. In this case, a giant right atrial myxoma with intermittent tricuspid obliteration, presenting with clinical manifestations of right heart failure, is described. Three-dimensional reconstruction clearly identified the occlusive extent of the tricuspid orifice.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cardiac-Gated Imaging Techniques
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echocardiography, Doppler*
  • Heart Failure / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Failure / etiology*
  • Heart Neoplasms / complications*
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Neoplasms / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Myxoma / complications*
  • Myxoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Myxoma / surgery
  • Tricuspid Valve Stenosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tricuspid Valve Stenosis / etiology*