Left atrial myxoma causing severe mitral regurgitation

Authors

  • Swaminathan Vaidyanathan Department of Cardiac Surgery, Madras Medical Mission, Chennai, India
  • Anjith Prakash Rajakumar Department of Cardiac Surgery, Madras Medical Mission, Chennai, India
  • Vijay Madhan Department of Cardiac Surgery, Madras Medical Mission, Chennai, India
  • V. M. Kurian Department of Cardiac Surgery, Madras Medical Mission, Chennai, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2349-2902.isj20182225

Keywords:

Atrium, Mitral Regurgitation, Myxoma

Abstract

Myxomas are the most common benign tumours of the heart, majority of them arise from left atrium. They can have varied presentations, with asymptomatic patients to be picked up in routine screening at one end of spectrum to dangerous embolic manifestations at the other end of the spectrum. We report a case of left atrial myxoma distorting the mitral valve apparatus causing severe eccentric mitral regurgitation. Patient underwent complete surgical excision of the tumour along with mitral valve repair.

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Published

2018-05-24

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 6 (2018): June 2018

Section

Case Reports