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Surgical excision of a rare mitral valve myxoma along with mitral valve replacement was successfully performed in a young woman presenting with severe mitral regurgitation.
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Cardiac myxoma can uncommonly present on the mitral valve and be successfully treated with surgical excision and valve replacement.
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Mitral valve myxoma with severe MR warrants consideration in differentials; leaves open need for larger series to guide management.
Primary cardiac tumors are mostly benign and myxoma is the commonest among them. It is an intra-cavitary, pedunculated tumor of cardiac chambers, commonly arising from left atrium. It is uncommon to have myxoma of mitral valve. We hereby report a young lady presented with severe mitral regurgitation and a mitral valve mass, who had successful surgical excision of the myxomatous tumor along with mitral valve replacement.
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Vijayvergiya et al. (2018) conducted a case report in Cardiac myxoma of mitral valve (n=1). Surgical excision and mitral valve replacement was evaluated on Successful surgical excision and valve replacement. Surgical excision of a rare mitral valve myxoma along with mitral valve replacement was successfully performed in a young woman presenting with severe mitral regurgitation.
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