PMID: 32671193Jul 17, 2020Paper

Asymptomatic Patient with an Uncommonly Located Myxoma in the Left Ventricle Attached to Chordae Tendinae

American Journal of Medical Case Reports
Jonathan FrancoisSamy I McFarlane

Abstract

Cardiac tumors are rare disorders with an incidence of <0.33%. Primary cardiac tumors are extremely rare with an incidence between 0.0017% and 0.19%. Nearly 75% of cardiac tumors are benign with atrial myxomas representing nearly 50%. The majority of cardiac myxomas (75%) are located in the left atrium, 23% in right atrium and 2% in the ventricular cavity. This report presents a rare case of an asymptomatic patient with a left ventricular myxoma attached to the chordae tendinae of the mitral valve.

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