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Right Atrial Myxoma with Pulmonary Embolism

1994; Karger Publishers; Volume: 84; Issue: 4-5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1159/000176425

1421-9751

Stefano De Carli, Leonardo A. Sechi, R Ciani, Giovanni Barillari, Gianfranco Dolcetti, Ettore Bartoli,

Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair

Right atrial myxomas are rare tumors that often go undiagnosed. Pulmonary embolism originating from the tumor mass is a potentially fatal complication. We report the case of a young man in whom a right atrial myxoma with recurrent episodes of pulmonary embolism was diagnosed 1 month after the beginning of symptoms by two-dimensional transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography. Early diagnosis of cardiac myxomas is important since surgical treatment is usually resolutive with low recurrence rates and good long-term survival.