Case Report

Biatrial Myxoma Resembling an Interatrial Clot in Transit on Echocardiogram

Authors: ERNESTO UMANA MD, MARTIN A. ALPERT MD, CLARA V. MASSEY MD, J ALLAN TUCKER MD, MICHAEL E. DAMRICH MD

Abstract

ABSTRACT: 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.

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