Dumbbell in the atrium: A rare case report of biatrial myxoma that crosses atrial septum diagnosed by multimodal echocardiography. Issue 12 (8th November 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Song, Wenjuan; Wang, Yu; Ma, Xuejuan; Liu, Liping; Gu, Ying; Sun, Yue; Zhao, Yue; Ye, Yujia; Zhang, Ying
• Is Part Of: Echocardiography. Volume 39:Issue 12(2022)
• Page Start: 1620
• Page End: 1622
• Publication Date: 2022-11-08
• Subjects: biatrial -- multimodal echocardiography -- myxoma; Echocardiography -- Periodicals; Echocardiography -- Periodicals; 616.1207543
• DOI: 10.1111/echo.15477
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0742-2822

Abstract

Abstract: We reported a very rare case, a 59‐year‐old female whose heart myxoma was present in both atrium, the mass in biatrial was connected to each other at the oval foramen, resembling "dumbbell‐like." By means of multimodality echocardiography techniques such as transthoracic echocardiography (TTE), contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS), and Real‐time three‐dimensional transesophageal echocardiography (RT‐3D TEE), we have clarified the diagnosis. The patient underwent open‐heart surgery to remove the biatrial myxoma which adhered to the oval fossa, with a slightly wider base and smooth lobulated surface. This case demonstrates the importance of multimodality echocardiography in the diagnosis of atypical myxomas.