Myxoma on a mechanical mitral valve annulus
Rolf, T.; Tozzi, P.; Iglesias, J.F.; Qanadli, S.D.; Von Segesser, L.K.
Journal of Heart Valve Disease 20(5): 599-600
2011
ISSN/ISBN: 0966-8519 PMID: 22066369 Document Number: 650093
To date, myxoma on a mechanical valve annulus has not been reported. The case is reported of a 74-year-old woman who was admitted to hospital following the identification of an intracardiac tumor mass. Six years previously, the patient had received a mechanical valve implanted in the mitral position. Transesophageal echocardiography revealed a mobile hypoechogenic tumorous mass attached to the anterior annulus of the prosthesis. The tumor was successfully treated by surgical excision, and a diagnosis of myxoma was confirmed both clinically and pathologically.