The myxomas are the most frequent primary cardiac tumors. They are usually located in the left atrium but can be found in other places. This is a case report of a 71 year old patient with diagnosis of a tumor arising from the right atrium, submitted to a surgical resection of the tumor. The operation was realized and the diagnosis confirmed. Resection was successful and the procedure uneventful. Four months postoperatively a standard two-dimensional echocardiogram revealed a residual mass that seemed to arise from the inferior vena cava. He was reoperated and the myxoma originating from the inferior vena cava and extending to the interior of the right atrium was resected. At the basis of the tumor implantation, a portion of the inferior vena cave was resected. The present report shows an unusual location of the myxoma as well as the complications regarding the diagnosis and the approach to surgical treatment.
Myxoma; Heart neoplasms; Vena cava inferior; Myxoma; Heart neoplasms; Vena cava inferior
