Vol 16, No 6 (2009)
Case Reports
Published online: 2009-11-19
Left atrial myxoma with an atrial septal defect
Cardiol J 2009;16(6):577-579.
Abstract
In a 62-year old woman with arterial hypertension, a left atrial myxoma and a concomitant
atrial septal defect, diagnosed intraoperatively, were recognized. The atrial septal defect was
not observed pre-operatively by transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiography with
color Doppler. The myxoma was pedunculated and situated on the inferior part of the interatrial
septum and moved to the left ventricle in the diastolic phase. The histopathologic finding
was consistent with the diagnosis of myxoma.
Keywords: atrial myxomaatrial septal defect