The Strange Case of the Infarcted Myxoma

Echocardiography. 2016 Mar;33(3):476-8. doi: 10.1111/echo.13122. Epub 2015 Nov 22.

Abstract

In the setting of an acute coronary syndrome, the differential diagnosis between a thrombus and a myxoma may be cumbersome. We describe the case of a patient presenting with an acute coronary syndrome associated with an aneurysmatic apical left ventricular myxoma.

Keywords: myocardial Infarction; myxoma; thrombus.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Coronary Syndrome / diagnostic imaging*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echocardiography / methods*
  • Heart Neoplasms
  • Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Infarction / diagnostic imaging*
  • Myxoma / diagnostic imaging*