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European Journal of Echocardiography 2003 4(4):339-341; doi:10.1016/S1525-2167(03)00036-2
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Copyright © 2003, The European Society of Cardiology

Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Myxoma

Y. Gurlertop1, M. Yilmaz1, F. Erdogan2, M. Acikel1 and N. Kose

1Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey
2Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey

Received 31 January 2003; received in revised form 8 April 2003; accepted after revision 9 April 2003.


  Abstract

This article reports a left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) myxoma, presenting with peripheral embolus, in a 90-year-old patient during the follow-up due to ischemic heart disease. Among LVOT myxomas, which are usually very rare and most likely to present with manifestations due to obstruction, this is the first case presenting with peripheral embolus. In this study, diagnosis was based on the histopathological evaluation of the embolectomy material. The report emphasizes the importance of evaluation of the embolectomy material in appropriate patients who present with peripheral emboli, and where an intracardiac mass is suspected.

Keywords: myxoma; intracardiac mass


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