Pasternak R C, Cannom D S, Cohen L S
Br Heart J. 1976 Nov;38(11):1209-12. doi: 10.1136/hrt.38.11.1209.
In a patient with endocarditis due to Candida tropicalis echocardiograms from mitral valve vegetations were found to mimic the typical pattern of a left atrial myxoma. A mass was shown occupying the mitral orifice posterior to the anterior mitral leaflet; densities also appeared in the left atrium. Though these echocardiographic findings were consistent with the diagnosis of a left atrial myxoma, there were other distinctive differential diagnostic features. Other diagnostic possibilities must, therefore, be considered in the interpretation of echocardiograms which suggest left atrial tumour.
在一名热带念珠菌性心内膜炎患者中，发现二尖瓣赘生物的超声心动图表现类似于左心房黏液瘤的典型模式。显示有一个肿块占据二尖瓣前叶后方的二尖瓣口；左心房也出现了密度影。尽管这些超声心动图表现与左心房黏液瘤的诊断相符，但还有其他明显的鉴别诊断特征。因此，在解读提示左心房肿瘤的超声心动图时，必须考虑其他诊断可能性。
