Left Atrial Myxoma: A Rare Case
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Medical Case Reports - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 10
Abstract
Primary cardiac tumours are rare, having an autopsy incidence as 0.001% to 0.03%. 75% of these tumours are benign and nearly half of benign tumours are myxomas which frequently cause systemic problems. We present a case of left atrial myxoma in a 40 year female patient complaining of breathlessness and non-radiating gradually progressive chest pain since 6 months. The 2D- ECHO revealed pedunculated mobile homogenous mass arising from fossa ovalis and protruding into left atrium. The tumour was excised; the gross examination revealed a gelatinous mass which was diagnosed histologically as left atrial myxoma. We present this case in view of its rarity and to highlight the clinico-pathological features of cardiac myxomas. Keywords: Myxoma, Left atrium
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Nanda Patil, Shrutika Dhawan, Rekha Matta
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