Author/Authors :
jafari fesharaki, mehrdad shahid beheshti university of medical sciences - school of medicine - department of cardiology, Tehran, Iran , mahjoob, mohammad parsa shahid beheshti university of medical sciences - school of medicine, cardiovascular reserch center, Tehran, Iran , kachoueian, naser shahid beheshti university of medical sciences - school of medicine - cardiosurgery department, Tehran, Iran , ebrahimi, abdolali shahid beheshti university of medical sciences - school of medicine, imam hosein hospital - pathology department, Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
Rheumatic mitral stenosis is common in developing countries. The left atrium, due to its large size, is prone to thrombus formation, and the presence of a large mass is more suggestive of a clot. Myxomas are some of the most common benign heart tumors; however, they have been reported rarely in rheumatic mitral stenosis. Here, we describe a patient with mitral stenosis who presented with a large left atrial mass, which was ultimately diagnosed as a tumor.
Keywords :
Cardiac tumor , Left atrial mass , Left atrial myxoma , Mitral stenosis
