myxoma/edema

We report a case of a huge left atrial myxoma with an unusual clinical presentation characterized by acute pulmonary edema. The possible pathophysiologic mechanism has been discussed.

Localized pulmonary edema in the right upper lobe has usually been reported in patients with mitral incompetence. Cardiac myxomas that involve the left atrium can cause elevated filling pressure with resultant bilateral or symmetric pulmonary edema. To our knowledge, however, a case of localized

A 52-year-old male presented with progressive dyspnea, bilateral leg edema, and elevated central venous pressure due to a large right atrial myxoma that caused vascular obstruction and pulmonary emboli. The myxoma contained gastric heterotopia. Other unusual features of this atrial myxoma included

We report 2 cases of surgically resected vulval masses in women aged 27 and 40 years. One patient was wheelchair bound and the other was obese, both presented with bilateral vulvar swelling. One specimen measured 45 cm in maximum dimension and the other 5 cm and were described as grossly edematous

Atrial myxoma is the most common primary cardiac tumor. Its clinical presentation spreads from asymptomatic incidental mass to serious life-threatening cardiovascular complications. We report the case of a 44-year-old man with evening fever and worsening dyspnea in the last weeks, admitted to our

We recently experienced 4 cases of intramuscular myxoma and analyzed MRI findings, comparing them with histological ones. Results showed that all tumors were depicted with a homogeneous low signal intensity on T1-weighted images and a markedly high signal intensity on T2-weighted images, findings

The usual causes of pulmonary edema are left ventricular dysfunction, mitral valve disease or left atrial myxoma. Obstruction to pulmonary venous drainage is a rare and unrecognised diagnosis which should be considered when the usual investigations are unproductive. The authors report four cases in

Atrial myxoma is rarely seen in practice. We report a 67-year-old female who presented with acute cardiac insufficiency and pulmonary edema. Cardiac murmur was not detected on precordial examination. Urgent echocardiography, however, revealed atrial myxoma causing mitral valve obstruction. We point

A case of a 57-year-old patient with regional pulmonary edema secondary to obstruction of the right lower pulmonary vein by a left atrial myxoma is described. Diagnosis was established by transesophageal echocardiography.

Mitral insufficiency is unusual in patients with left atrial myxoma. A patient with myxoma of the left atrium presented with acute pulmonary edema due to ruptured chordae tendineae. Both lesions were unequivocally demonstrated by echocardiography, permitting emergency surgical correction to be

A one-day-old male Holstein calf was presented with a palpable subcutaneous mass, extending from the parotid to the orbital region, involving the entire right side of the face and a large flabby mass without any evidence of inflammation or edema on the tongue. Macroscopically, the cut surface of the