@article{JTD22445,
author = {Fabrizio Rosati and Adrian Baranchuk and Kevin Ren and Darrin M. Payne and Andrew Hamilton and Dimitri Petsikas and Gianluigi Bisleri},
title = {Atypical localization of a left atrial myxoma at the free edge of mitral valve},
journal = {Journal of Thoracic Disease},
volume = {10},
number = {7},
year = {2018},
keywords = {},
abstract = {Myxomas represent more than 50% of benign cardiac neoplasm and are the most frequent cardiac tumors (1). Recent studies showed these neoplasms are commonly located in the left atrium (>90%), usually as a pedicled mass arising from the inter-atrial septum at the border of the fossa ovalis (2). Intra-cardiac masses should be differentiated as they could potentially represent a primary or secondary metastatic mass or endocarditis vegetations. We present a case of an exceedingly rare myxoma location, arising from the free-edge of the posterior mitral valve (MV) leaflet, which was incidentally identified in a 20-year-old female investigated for recent onset shortness of breath.},
issn = {2077-6624}, url = {https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/22445}
}