Surgical resection and histopathology identified a biatrial myxoma in a 47-year-old man, demonstrating echocardiography's limitation in distinguishing it from an interatrial clot in transit.
Case Report (n=1)
Echocardiography may be limited in distinguishing between an interatrial clot in transit and an atypical biatrial myxoma, requiring histopathologic confirmation.
A 47-year-old man had an embolic stroke. Transesophageal echocardiography showed biatrial, elongated, mobile masses that appeared interconnected via a patent foramen ovale. Echocardiography did not distinguish between an interatrial clot in transit and an atypical biatrial myxoma. Surgical resection and subsequent histopathologic examination identified the mass as a biatrial myxoma. This case identifies a limitation of echocardiography in the diagnosis of cardiac myxoma.
Umaña et al. (Fri,) conducted a case report in Embolic stroke and biatrial myxoma (n=1). Echocardiography and surgical resection was evaluated. Surgical resection and histopathology identified a biatrial myxoma in a 47-year-old man, demonstrating echocardiography's limitation in distinguishing it from an interatrial clot in transit.
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