What question did this study set out to answer?

To describe the diagnostic evaluation and surgical management of multiple intracardiac myxomas affecting both the left atrium and left ventricle in an adult patient.

April 21, 2026International Journal of Case Reports and ImagesOpen Access

Multimodality imaging of multiple cardiac myxomas

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Population

A 48-year-old male patient with two masses in left atrium and left ventricle compatible with a myxoma

Design

Case report

Authors

DKDjeinaba KaneUniversité de Limoges AFAmine Fikani JJJérôme JouanCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Implication

Prompt resection of LA-LV myxomas averts embolic risk; extends experience to rare multifocal locations.

Key Points

To describe the diagnostic evaluation and surgical management of multiple intracardiac myxomas affecting both the left atrium and left ventricle in an adult patient.
Clinical, multimodality imaging, and histopathological evaluation of an asymptomatic 48-year-old male presenting with a heart murmur and a prior surgical history of an abdominal wall myxoma.
Diagnostic assessment using transthoracic echocardiography, transesophageal echocardiography, cardiac computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Surgical intervention via right anterolateral video-assisted thoracotomy for complete tumor excision.
Echocardiography and CT identified two distinct intracardiac masses: a 55 mm × 30 mm mass in the left atrium and a 30 mm × 14 mm mass in the left ventricle attached to the anterior papillary muscle.
Surgical exploration revealed and completely excised three distinct masses, including an additional calcified intra-auricular tumor seated on the posterior mitral annulus.
Histopathology confirmed benign myxomas with myxoid stroma and scattered stellate cells without necrosis; the postoperative course was uneventful without tumor recurrence.

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Population

48-year-old male patient with an asymptomatic heart murmur, a history of abdominal myxoma resection 17 years prior, and two masses in the left atrium and left ventricle compatible with myxomas. n=1.

Intervention

Complete surgical resection of all tumors via right anterolateral video-assisted thoracotomy.

Outcome

Post-operative course and tumor recurrence

Multimodality imaging successfully guided the complete surgical resection of rare multiple cardiac myxomas in the left atrium and left ventricle, resulting in an uneventful recovery.

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Kane et al. (2026) studied this question.

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Primary Cardiac Tumors

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