Myxoma on a mechanical mitral valve annulus

J Heart Valve Dis. 2011 Sep;20(5):599-600.

Abstract

To date, myxoma on a mechanical valve annulus has not been reported. The case is reported of a 74-year-old woman who was admitted to hospital following the identification of an intracardiac tumor mass. Six years previously, the patient had received a mechanical valve implanted in the mitral position. Transesophageal echocardiography revealed a mobile hypoechogenic tumorous mass attached to the anterior annulus of the prosthesis. The tumor was successfully treated by surgical excision, and a diagnosis of myxoma was confirmed both clinically and pathologically.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Female
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Neoplasms / pathology
  • Heart Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Heart Valve Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Valve Diseases / pathology
  • Heart Valve Diseases / surgery*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis*
  • Humans
  • Mitral Valve* / diagnostic imaging
  • Myxoma / pathology
  • Myxoma / surgery*
  • Ultrasonography