Author/Authors :
Mando, Ramy Department of Internal Medicine - Beaumont Health System, Royal Oak, MI, USA , Barbat, Julian J. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine - Beaumont Health System, Royal Oak, MI, USA , Vivacqua, Alessandro Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery - Beaumont Health System, Royal Oak, MI, USA
Abstract :
Myxomas are the most common benign cardiac neoplasms in adults. The vast majority of cardiac myxomas arise from the left atrium
near the fossa ovalis of the intra-atrial septum. There have been reports of myxomas arising from the ventricles accounting for
about 5% of cases. In our literature review, we have found 55 reported cases of myxomas originating from the mitral valve
reported in the adult population dating back to 1871. The majority of these cases presented with embolic complications or
syncope. We present an incidental mitral valve myxoma which we excised in efforts to prevent debilitating complications.
