Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography assessment of right atrial myxoma resulting in a change of the surgical plan.

Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is an important diagnostic tool. It provides structural and functional assessment of cardiac structures which can improve the overall outcome of the patient. We present a case with right atrial myxoma in which TEE helped to find the attachment of the mass so that overall surgical plan was changed.

Mixoma gigante de la aurícula derecha / Giant right atrial myxoma

Los tumores primarios del corazón son raros, con una incidencia estimada de 0,0017-0,19 porciento.Los mixomas cardíacos son los más frecuentes (50 porciento). La localización en la aurícula derecha es inusual y ocurre solo en el 15-20 porciento de los casos. Su presentación clínica puede ser asintomática, con presencia de síntomas constitucionales o dependientes de una obstrucción cardíaca o un embolismo pulmonar. Presentamos el caso de un paciente masculino de 36 años de edad con historia de astenia, palpitaciones y disminución de la capacidad funcional. La ecocardiografía transtorácica mostró una gran masa en la aurícula derecha, prolapsando al interior del ventrículo derecho y obstruyendo la válvula tricúspide. El paciente fue sometido a cirugía de bypass cardiopulmonar y la masa (9 Î 9 cm) fue extirpada sin complicaciones. El examen histológico confirmó el diagnóstico de mixoma

Primary tumors of the heart are rare, their estimated incidence ranging between 0.0017-0.19 percent, and among them cardiac myxomas are the most common (50 percent). Right atrial localization is uncommon, occurring only in 15-20 percent of cases. Their clinical presentation ranges from an asymptomatic status to the presence of constitutional symptoms or symptoms pointing to the presence of cardiac obstruction or pulmonary embolism. A case is presented of a 36-year-old male patient with a history of asthenia, palpitations and reduced functional capacity. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed a large mass in the right atrium which prolapsed into the right ventricle and obstructed the tricuspid valve. The patient underwent cardiopulmonary bypass surgery and the mass (9x9 cm) was removed without any complication. Histological examination confirmed the diagnosis of myxoma

A Case of Multiple Right Atrial Myxomas with Pulmonary Embolism

Primary tumors of the heart are rare. Half of all cardiac tumors are myxoma of which 20% are located in the right atrium. Especially multiple myxomas in the cardiac chamber were rarely reported. Clinically, myxomas present with various manifestations due to obstruction to blood flow, embolization,and constitutional changes. The association of pulmonary emboli and right atrial myxoma has been well documented but pulmonary emboli are more likely to be asymptomatic, misdiagnosed, or diagnosed late than peripherally-sited emboli. We report a case of multiple right atrial myxomas complicating pulmonary emboli in a 73-year-old man who had features of pulmonary embolism and was found to have multiple right atrial myxomas.