Myxoma with a left-to-left shunt and fistula

Chest. 1989 Oct;96(4):945-6. doi: 10.1378/chest.96.4.945.

Abstract

We present the case of a 68-year-old man with a peculiar coincidence of cardiac pathologic findings: a huge left atrial myxoma, mitral insufficiency, a high degree atrioventricular block and three-vessel disease. The myxoma was vascularized from a dilated sinus arteriosus branch, giving rise to neovascularization at the base of the tumor. Blood from the neovascularization gathered into a large cavern which fistulated into the left atrium, responsible for a left-to-left cardiac shunt.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Coronary Disease / complications*
  • Fistula / complications*
  • Heart Atria
  • Heart Block / complications
  • Heart Neoplasms / blood supply
  • Heart Neoplasms / complications*
  • Heart Neoplasms / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / complications*
  • Myxoma / blood supply
  • Myxoma / complications*
  • Myxoma / surgery