30-year follow-up of an unoperated left atrial myxoma: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiac myxomas are the most common benign primary cardiac tumours. The natural history of left cardiac myxomas is thought to be of slowly growing tumours. Cardiac myxomas are a heterogeneous group with a variable growth rate. They present usually with stroke, valve obstruction, or non-specific symptoms. Surgical resection is the effective treatment.

Case summary

This case report describes a 56-year-old hypertensive and dyslipidaemic female, when she was admitted in January 1990, complaining of loss of appetite, aches, pains, and palpitations. Her workup included a transthoracic echocardiography and transoesophageal echocardiography, which showed a left atrial mass attached to the inter-atrial septum, highly suggestive of left atrial myxoma. She was referred for s

SUBMITTER: Elsherif Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8335949 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature