Key result
Transesophageal echocardiography and coronary angiography identified a massively vascularized left atrial tumor, which was histologically confirmed as a neovascularized myxoma after excision.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights the utility of multimodality imaging, including coronary angiography, in identifying and characterizing highly neovascularized left atrial myxomas.
May aid characterization of vascular left atrial masses in select cases; leaves open whether coronary angiography should be routine in myxoma evaluation.
During transesophageal echocardiography, a massively vascularized left atrial tumor was found in an 82-year-old woman with transient ischemic attacks. Coronary angiography showed several feeding vessels from the left circumflex artery and right coronary artery, which resulted in marked contrast enhancement of the left atrial tumor. Histological examination after tumor excision confirmed the suspicion of neovascularized myxoma.
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Handke et al. (2007) conducted a case report in Left atrial myxoma (n=1). Tumor excision was evaluated on Histological confirmation of tumor type. Transesophageal echocardiography and coronary angiography identified a massively vascularized left atrial tumor, which was histologically confirmed as a neovascularized myxoma after excision.
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