[Large mitral annulus myxoma presenting with syncope: Report of one case]

Rev Med Chil. 2016 Dec;144(12):1617-1620. doi: 10.4067/S0034-98872016001200015.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

We report a 23-year-old woman, with three recent exertional syncopes. Transthoracic (TTE) and transesophageal (TEE) echocardiography found a large heterogeneous mass (38 x 35 mm) arising from the posterior mitral annulus, protruding in systole through the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT). Heart MRI confirmed the echocardiography findings, suggesting a cardiac myxoma. Cardiac surgery accomplished the complete resection of the lesion, confirming a mass arising from the posterior mitral annulus and preserving mitral anatomy and function. Pathology was positive for a myxoma. Uneventful evolution allowed the discharge of the patient at the fifth postoperative day. Control TTE discarded any complication.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Female
  • Heart Neoplasms / complications*
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Heart Neoplasms / pathology
  • Humans
  • Mitral Valve*
  • Myxoma / complications*
  • Myxoma / diagnosis
  • Myxoma / pathology
  • Syncope / etiology*
  • Young Adult