Echocardiographic anatomy of a neo-vascularized myxoma
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37615/retic.%20v3n2a8Keywords:
myxoma, 3D, echocardiography.Abstract
Classically, the diagnosis of cardiac myxoma is based on transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography, and in general it does not offer much difficulty, if the presentation is typical; however, sometimes, other imaging modalities are used to “confirm” or “ensure” the diagnosis, without explore all the options offered by echocardiography, with new and old techniques, that are usually underused. We present a typical case of myxoma, with some echocardiographic findings that go beyond the simple finding of a cardiac mass.
Downloads
Metrics
References
Amano J, Kono T, Wada Y, et al. Cardiac myxoma: Its origin and tumor characteristics. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003; 9: 215-221.
Pepi M, Evangelista A, Nihoyannopoulos P, et al.; on behalf of the European Association of Echocardiography. Recommendations for echocardiography use in the diagnosis and management of cardiac sources of embolism. Eur J Echocardiogr 2010; 11 (6): 461-476.
Handke M, Goepfrich M, Keller H. Strongly neovascularized left atrial myxoma. Eur J Echocardiogr 2008; 9: 99-100.
Abdelmoneim SS, Beinier M, Dhoble A, et al. Assessment of the vascularity of a left atrial mass using myocardial perfusion contrast echocardiography. Echocardiography 2008; 25: 517-520.
Galzerano D, Pragliola C, Al Admawi M, et al. The role of 3D-echocardiographic imaging in the differential diagnosis of an atypical left atrial myxoma. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 2018; 88 (3).
Müller S, Feuchtner G, Bonatti J, et al. Value of transesophageal 3D echocardiography as an adjunct to conventional 2D imaging in preoperative evaluation of cardiac masses. Echocardiography 2008; 25: 624-631.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2020 Edgar Fuentes-Molina
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
RETIC is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 which allows sharing, copying and redistribution of the material in any medium or format, under the following terms:
- Attribution: you must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests that the licensor endorses you or your use.
- Non-commercial: you may not use the material for commercial purposes.
- No Derivatives: if you remix, transform or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.
- No Additional Restrictions: you may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything permitted by the license.
